Φόρκυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Φόρκος (Phórkos)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰór.kyːs/ → /ˈɸor.cys/ → /ˈfor.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰór.kyːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰor.kys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸor.cys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.cys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.cis/

Proper noun

Φόρκῡς • (Phórkūs) m (genitive Φόρκῠος); third declension

1. Phorcys

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φόρκῡς; τοῦ Φόρκῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φόρκῡς ho Phórkūs
Genitive	τοῦ Φόρκῠος toû Phórkuos
Dative	τῷ Φόρκῠῐ̈ / Φόρκυι tôi Phórkuï / Phórkui
Accusative	τὸν Φόρκῡν tòn Phórkūn
Vocative	Φόρκῡ Phórkū
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φορκῐ́ς (Phorkís)

Descendants

• Greek: Φόρκυς (Fórkys)
• Latin: Phorcȳs

References

• “Φόρκυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Φόρκυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Φόρκυς”, 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