Φαίνων

See also: φαίνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Use as a proper noun of the masculine forms of φαίνων (phaínōn, “shining”), the present active participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰǎi̯.nɔːn/ → /ˈɸɛ.non/ → /ˈfe.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰǎi̯.nɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛ.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸɛ.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.non/

Proper noun

Φαίνων • (Phaínōn) m (genitive Φαίνοντος); third declension

1. the planet Saturn (literally “the shiner”)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Φαίνων; τοῦ Φαίνοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φαίνων ho Phaínōn
Genitive	τοῦ Φαίνοντος toû Phaínontos
Dative	τῷ Φαίνοντῐ tôi Phaínonti
Accusative	τὸν Φαίνοντᾰ tòn Phaínonta
Vocative	Φαῖνον Phaînon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Phaenōn
• English: Phaínôn

References

• “Φαίνων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers