Φειδίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φείδομαι (pheídomai, “I spare”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰeː.dí.aːs/ → /ɸiˈði.as/ → /fiˈði.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰeː.dí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈdi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈði.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈði.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈði.as/

Proper noun

Φειδῐ́ᾱς • (Pheidíās) m (genitive Φειδῐ́ου); first declension

1. a male given name: Pheidias; Phidias
   • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Ctesiphon 150
2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Greek sculptor and architect Phidias

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς ho Pheidíās
Genitive	τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου toû Pheidíou
Dative	τῷ Φειδῐ́ᾳ tôi Pheidíāi
Accusative	τὸν Φειδῐ́ᾱν tòn Pheidíān
Vocative	Φειδῐ́ᾱ Pheidíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φειδιακός (Pheidiakós)

Descendants

• Greek: Φειδίας (Feidías)
• Latin: Phidias

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021