φέγγος

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

No etymology. It has often been compared with Lithuanian spingiù (“to glitter”) and with Old English spincan (“to spark”), Old High German funko (“spark”), but this suggestion is impossible in view of the initial stops.

Pronunciation edit

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰéŋ.ɡos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰeŋ.ɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸeŋ.ɡos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfeŋ.ɡos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfeŋ.ɡos/

Noun edit

φέγγος • (phéngos) n (genitive φέγγεος); third declension

Inflection edit

Third declension of τὸ φέγγος; τοῦ φέγγεος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φέγγος tò phéngos	τὼ φέγγεε tṑ phéngee	τᾰ̀ φέγγεᾰ tà phéngea
Genitive	τοῦ φέγγεος toû phéngeos	τοῖν φεγγέοιν toîn phengéoin	τῶν φεγγέων tôn phengéōn
Dative	τῷ φέγγεῐ̈ tôi phéngeï	τοῖν φεγγέοιν toîn phengéoin	τοῖς φέγγεσῐ / φέγγεσῐν toîs phéngesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φέγγος tò phéngos	τὼ φέγγεε tṑ phéngee	τᾰ̀ φέγγεᾰ tà phéngea
Vocative	φέγγος phéngos	φέγγεε phéngee	φέγγεᾰ phéngea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms edit

φεγγαῖον (phengaîon)
φεγγίτης (phengítēs)
φεγγοβολέω (phengoboléō)
φέγγω (phéngō)
χρυσοφεγγής (khrusophengḗs)

Descendants edit

Italiot Greek: fengo