Φόρβας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φέρβω (phérbō, “feed, nourish”) +‎ -ᾱς (-ās).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰór.baːs/ → /ˈɸor.βas/ → /ˈfor.vas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰór.baːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰor.bas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸor.βas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.vas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.vas/

Proper noun

Φόρβᾱς • (Phórbās) m (genitive Φόρβᾰντος); third declension

1. Phorbas

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φόρβᾱς; τοῦ Φόρβᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φόρβᾱς ho Phórbās
Genitive	τοῦ Φόρβᾰντος toû Phórbantos
Dative	τῷ Φόρβᾰντῐ tôi Phórbanti
Accusative	τὸν Φόρβᾰντᾰ tòn Phórbanta
Vocative	Φόρβᾰν Phórban
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φόρβας (Fórvas)
• Latin: Phorbās

Further reading

• “Φόρβας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
• Φόρβας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette