φανός
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of φαεινός (phaeinós), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawehnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wesnós, adjective noun from substantive *bʰéh₂wos (whence φάος (pháos)), from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰaː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰaˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸaˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /faˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /faˈnos/
Adjective edit
φᾱνός • (phānós) m (feminine φᾱνή, neuter φᾱνόν); first/second declension
Declension edit
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φᾱνός phānós |
φᾱνή phānḗ |
φᾱνόν phānón |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́ |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνοί phānoí |
φᾱναί phānaí |
φᾱνᾰ́ phāná | |||||
Genitive | φᾱνοῦ phānoû |
φᾱνῆς phānês |
φᾱνοῦ phānoû |
φᾱνοῖν phānoîn |
φᾱναῖν phānaîn |
φᾱνοῖν phānoîn |
φᾱνῶν phānôn |
φᾱνῶν phānôn |
φᾱνῶν phānôn | |||||
Dative | φᾱνῷ phānôi |
φᾱνῇ phānêi |
φᾱνῷ phānôi |
φᾱνοῖν phānoîn |
φᾱναῖν phānaîn |
φᾱνοῖν phānoîn |
φᾱνοῖς phānoîs |
φᾱναῖς phānaîs |
φᾱνοῖς phānoîs | |||||
Accusative | φᾱνόν phānón |
φᾱνήν phānḗn |
φᾱνόν phānón |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́ |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνούς phānoús |
φᾱνᾱ́ς phānā́s |
φᾱνᾰ́ phāná | |||||
Vocative | φᾱνέ phāné |
φᾱνή phānḗ |
φᾱνόν phānón |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́ |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνοί phānoí |
φᾱναί phānaí |
φᾱνᾰ́ phāná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φᾱνῶς phānôs |
φᾱνότερος phānóteros |
φᾱνότᾰτος phānótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun edit
φᾱνός • (phānós) m (genitive φᾱνου); second declension
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φᾱνός ho phānós |
τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ |
οἱ φᾱνοί hoi phānoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φᾱνοῦ toû phānoû |
τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn |
τῶν φᾱνῶν tôn phānôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φᾱνῷ tôi phānôi |
τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn |
τοῖς φᾱνοῖς toîs phānoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φᾱνόν tòn phānón |
τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ |
τοὺς φᾱνούς toùs phānoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | φᾱνέ phāné |
φᾱνώ phānṓ |
φᾱνοί phānoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- φᾱνάριον (phānárion)
Descendants edit
- Greek: φανός (fanós)
- → Arabic: فَانُوس (fānūs)
- → Aramaic:
- → Hebrew: פָּנָס (pānā́s)
- → Italian: falò
- → French: falot
- → Persian: فانوس (fânus)
- → Bengali: ফানুস (phanus)
Further reading edit
- “φανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.