φώκαινα

Ancient Greek

From φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aină).

φώκαινᾰ • (phṓkaină) f (genitive φωκαίνης); first declension

porpoise, Delphinus phocaena
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.12.2
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.13.7

First declension of ἡ φώκαινᾰ; τῆς φωκαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φώκαινᾰ hē phṓkaină	τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā	αἱ φώκαιναι hai phṓkainai
Genitive	τῆς φωκαίνης tês phōkaínēs	τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain	τῶν φωκαινῶν tôn phōkainôn
Dative	τῇ φωκαίνῃ tēî phōkaínēi	τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain	ταῖς φωκαίναις taîs phōkaínais
Accusative	τὴν φώκαινᾰν tḕn phṓkainăn	τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā	τᾱ̀ς φωκαίνᾱς tā̀s phōkaínās
Vocative	φώκαινᾰ phṓkaină	φωκαίνᾱ phōkaínā	φώκαιναι phṓkainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“φώκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φώκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette