Φώτιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῶς (phôs, “light”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.ti.os/ → /ˈɸo.ti.os/ → /ˈfo.ti.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.ti.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.ti.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.ti.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ti.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ti.os/

Proper noun

Φώτῐος • (Phṓtios) m (genitive Φωτῐ́ου); second declension

1. a male given name, Photius, notably held by Photios I of Constantinople

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φώτῐος; τοῦ Φωτῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φώτῐος ho Phṓtios
Genitive	τοῦ Φωτῐ́ου toû Phōtíou
Dative	τῷ Φωτῐ́ῳ tôi Phōtíōi
Accusative	τὸν Φώτῐον tòn Phṓtion
Vocative	Φώτῐε Phṓtie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φώτης (Fótis)

References

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