φόνος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰónos. Related to θείνω (theínō, “to strike”) and ἔπεφνον (épephnon, “to slay”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰó.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰo.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸo.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
Noun
φόνος • (phónos) m (genitive φόνου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φόνος ho phónos |
τὼ φόνω tṑ phónō |
οἱ φόνοι hoi phónoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φόνου toû phónou |
τοῖν φόνοιν toîn phónoin |
τῶν φόνων tôn phónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φόνῳ tōî phónōi |
τοῖν φόνοιν toîn phónoin |
τοῖς φόνοις toîs phónois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φόνον tòn phónon |
τὼ φόνω tṑ phónō |
τοὺς φόνους toùs phónous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φόνε phóne |
φόνω phónō |
φόνοι phónoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | φόνος phónos |
φόνω phónō |
φόνοι phónoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | φόνου / φονοῖο / φόνοιο / φονόο / φόνοο phónou / phonoîo / phónoio / phonóo / phónoo |
φόνοιν / φόνοιῐν phónoi(ĭ)n |
φόνων phónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | φόνῳ phónōi |
φόνοιν / φόνοιῐν phónoi(ĭ)n |
φόνοισῐ / φόνοισῐν / φόνοις phónoisĭ(n) / phónois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | φόνον phónon |
φόνω phónō |
φόνους phónous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φόνε phóne |
φόνω phónō |
φόνοι phónoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ἀνδροφόνος (androphónos)
- Περσεφόνη (Persephónē)
- Τισιφόνη (Tisiphónē)
Descendants
- Greek: φόνος (fónos)
Further reading
- “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- “φόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Greek
Etymology
Learnedly, from Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos),[1] which is cognate to Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō). See there for further cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
- Hyphenation: φό‧νος
Noun
φόνος • (fónos) m (plural φόνοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φόνος (fónos) | φόνοι (fónoi) |
| genitive | φόνου (fónou) | φόνων (fónon) |
| accusative | φόνο (fóno) | φόνους (fónous) |
| vocative | φόνε (fóne) | φόνοι (fónoi) |
Synonyms
- ανθρωποκτονία f (anthropoktonía, “homicide”) (legal term)
- δολοφονία f (dolofonía)
Related terms
References
- ^ φόνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language