Σωφηνή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of Urartian origin. Compare the Armenian name: Ծոփք (Copʻkʻ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰɛː.nɛ̌ː/ → /so.ɸiˈni/ → /so.fiˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɔː.pʰɛː.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /so.pʰe̝ˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /so.ɸiˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /so.fiˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /so.fiˈni/

Proper noun

Σωφηνή • (Sōphēnḗ) f (genitive Σωφηνῆς); first declension

1. Sophene (an ancient province of the kingdom of Armenia in modern-day southeastern Turkey)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Σωφηνή; τῆς Σωφηνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σωφηνή hē Sōphēnḗ
Genitive	τῆς Σωφηνῆς tês Sōphēnês
Dative	τῇ Σωφηνῇ têi Sōphēnêi
Accusative	τὴν Σωφηνήν tḕn Sōphēnḗn
Vocative	Σωφηνή Sōphēnḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σωφηνοί (Sōphēnoí)

Descendants

• → Latin: Sōphēnē

Further reading

• Σωφηνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette