Φράγκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin francus (“a Frank”), from Frankish *Franko (“a Frank”), from Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”), from Proto-Indo-European *prAng- (“pole, stalk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfraŋ.ɡos/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfraŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfraŋ.ɡos/

Noun

Φράγκος • (Phránkos) m (genitive Φράγκου); second declension

1. (Byzantine) Western European; crusader

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φρᾰ́γκος; τοῦ Φρᾰ́γκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Φρᾰ́γκος ho Phránkos	τὼ Φρᾰ́γκω tṑ Phránkō	οἱ Φρᾰ́γκοι hoi Phránkoi
Genitive	τοῦ Φρᾰ́γκου toû Phránkou	τοῖν Φρᾰ́γκοιν toîn Phránkoin	τῶν Φρᾰ́γκων tôn Phránkōn
Dative	τῷ Φρᾰ́γκῳ tôi Phránkōi	τοῖν Φρᾰ́γκοιν toîn Phránkoin	τοῖς Φρᾰ́γκοις toîs Phránkois
Accusative	τὸν Φρᾰ́γκον tòn Phránkon	τὼ Φρᾰ́γκω tṑ Phránkō	τοὺς Φρᾰ́γκους toùs Phránkous
Vocative	Φρᾰ́γκε Phránke	Φρᾰ́γκω Phránkō	Φρᾰ́γκοι Phránkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φράγκος (Frágkos)
• → Old East Slavic: фрѧгъ (fręgŭ)
  • Russian: фряг (frjag)
  • ⇒ Russian: фрязин (frjazin)
  • ⇒ Russian: фрязь (frjazʹ),

References

• [1]

Further reading

• Φράγκοι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Φράγκος (Phránkos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾaŋɡos/
• Hyphenation: Φρά‧γκος

Noun

Φράγκος • (Frágkos) m (plural Φράγκοι, feminine Φράγκισσα)

1. (historical) Frank (person from Germanic federation that inhabited parts of what are now France, the Low Countries and Germany)
2. (Christianity, historical, chiefly derogatory, obsolete) Roman Catholic (person who belongs to the Roman Catholic Church)

Declension

Declension of Φράγκος

	singular	plural
nominative	Φράγκος •	Φράγκοι •
genitive	Φράγκου •	Φράγκων •
accusative	Φράγκο •	Φράγκους •
vocative	Φράγκε •	Φράγκοι •

Derived terms

• κουτόφραγκος m (koutófragkos, “stupid European”)
• φραγκοχιώτικα n pl (fragkochiótika, “Greeklish”)
• Φραγκοκρατία (Fragkokratía)
• Φραγκολεβαντίνοι (Fragkolevantínoi)