Φοινικοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “date palm”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰoi̯.niː.kûːs/ → /ɸy.niˈkus/ → /fi.niˈkus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰoi̯.niː.kûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰy.niˈkus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸy.niˈkus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fy.niˈkus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.niˈkus/

• Hyphenation: Φοι‧νι‧κοῦς

Proper noun

Φοινῑκοῦς • (Phoinīkoûs) m (genitive Φοινῑκοῦντος); third declension

1. Phoenicus, Ionia, Turkey

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φοινῑκοῦς; τοῦ Φοινῑκοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φοινῑκοῦς ho Phoinīkoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Φοινῑκοῦντος toû Phoinīkoûntos
Dative	τῷ Φοινῑκοῦντῐ tôi Phoinīkoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Φοινῑκοῦντᾰ tòn Phoinīkoûnta
Vocative	Φοινῑκοῦν Phoinīkoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Phoenicūs

References

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