Φερετίμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “to bring”) +‎ τῑμή (tīmḗ, “worship, honour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰe.re.tǐː.mɛː/ → /ɸe.reˈti.mi/ → /fe.reˈti.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰe.re.tǐː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰe.reˈti.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸe.reˈti.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fe.reˈti.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fe.reˈti.mi/

Proper noun

Φερετῑ́μη • (Pheretī́mē) f (genitive Φερετῑ́μης); first declension

1. a female given name: Pheretima, queen of Cyrenaica and wife of Battus III of Cyrene

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φερετῑ́μη; τῆς Φερετῑ́μης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φερετῑ́μη hē Pheretī́mē
Genitive	τῆς Φερετῑ́μης tês Pheretī́mēs
Dative	τῇ Φερετῑ́μῃ têi Pheretī́mēi
Accusative	τὴν Φερετῑ́μην tḕn Pheretī́mēn
Vocative	Φερετῑ́μη Pheretī́mē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φερετίμη (Feretími)
• → Latin: Pheretīma
  • → Translingual: Pheretima

Further reading

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