φρύνη

See also: Φρύνη

Ancient Greek

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“grey, brown”), based on the brown color of many toad species, and compared with Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”). With reduplication, compare Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhru, “mongoose”), Avestan 𐬠𐬀𐬡𐬭𐬀 (baβra, “beaver”), Latin fiber (“beaver”) and Lithuanian bẽbras (“beaver”), all from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus. However, Ringe doubts such existence of a root, and the variation between φρυν- and φρουν- rather points to a Pre-Greek word, according to Beekes.^[1]

φρῡ́νη • (phrū́nē) f (genitive φρῡ́νης); first declension

First declension of ἡ φρῡ́νη; τῆς φρῡ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρῡ́νη hē phrū́nē	τὼ φρῡ́νᾱ tṑ phrū́nā	αἱ φρῦναι hai phrûnai
Genitive	τῆς φρῡ́νης tês phrū́nēs	τοῖν φρῡ́ναιν toîn phrū́nain	τῶν φρῡνῶν tôn phrūnôn
Dative	τῇ φρῡ́νῃ tēî phrū́nēi	τοῖν φρῡ́ναιν toîn phrū́nain	ταῖς φρῡ́ναις taîs phrū́nais
Accusative	τὴν φρῡ́νην tḕn phrū́nēn	τὼ φρῡ́νᾱ tṑ phrū́nā	τᾱ̀ς φρῡ́νᾱς tā̀s phrū́nās
Vocative	φρῡ́νη phrū́nē	φρῡ́νᾱ phrū́nā	φρῦναι phrûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φρύνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1594