φαγέδαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἔφαγον (éphagon, “devour, consume”) +‎ -αινα (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡé.dai̯.na/ → /ɸaˈʝe.ðɛ.na/ → /faˈʝe.ðe.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.ɡé.dai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈɡe.dɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈʝe.ðɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈʝe.ðe.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈʝe.ðe.na/

Noun

φᾰγέδαινᾰ • (phagédaina) f (genitive φᾰγέδαίνης); first declension

1. canker, cancerous sore
2. disease of bees

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ; τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ hē phagédaina	τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ tṑ phagedaínā	αἱ φᾰγέδαιναι hai phagédainai
Genitive	τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης tês phagedaínēs	τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν toîn phagedaínain	τῶν φᾰγεδαινῶν tôn phagedainôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰγεδαίνῃ têi phagedaínēi	τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν toîn phagedaínain	ταῖς φᾰγεδαίναις taîs phagedaínais
Accusative	τὴν φᾰγέδαινᾰν tḕn phagédainan	τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ tṑ phagedaínā	τᾱ̀ς φᾰγεδαίνᾱς tā̀s phagedaínās
Vocative	φᾰγέδαινᾰ phagédaina	φᾰγεδαίνᾱ phagedaínā	φᾰγέδαιναι phagédainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós)
• φαγεδαινόομαι (phagedainóomai)
• φαγεδαίνωμα (phagedaínōma)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: phagedaena

Further reading

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