φέρνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-, the same root of φέρω (phérō, “to bring, carry”) and φερνή (phernḗ, “dowry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰér.ni.on/ → /ˈɸer.ni.on/ → /ˈfer.ni.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰér.ni.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰer.ni.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸer.ni.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ni.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ni.on/

Noun

φέρνῐον • (phérnion) n (genitive φερνῐ́ου); second declension

1. fish-basket

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φέρνῐον; τοῦ φερνῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φέρνῐον tò phérnion	τὼ φερνῐ́ω tṑ pherníō	τᾰ̀ φέρνῐᾰ tà phérnia
Genitive	τοῦ φερνῐ́ου toû pherníou	τοῖν φερνῐ́οιν toîn pherníoin	τῶν φερνῐ́ων tôn pherníōn
Dative	τῷ φερνῐ́ῳ tôi pherníōi	τοῖν φερνῐ́οιν toîn pherníoin	τοῖς φερνῐ́οις toîs pherníois
Accusative	τὸ φέρνῐον tò phérnion	τὼ φερνῐ́ω tṑ pherníō	τᾰ̀ φέρνῐᾰ tà phérnia
Vocative	φέρνῐον phérnion	φερνῐ́ω pherníō	φέρνῐᾰ phérnia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φέρνιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φέρνιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN