φανάριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾱνός (phānós) +‎ -άριον (-árion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰaː.ná.ri.on/ → /ɸaˈna.ri.on/ → /faˈna.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.ná.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈna.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈna.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈna.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈna.ri.on/

Noun

φᾱνάρῐον • (phānárion) n (genitive φᾱνᾰρίου); second declension

1. diminutive of φᾱνός (phānós, “torch, lantern”)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ φᾱνᾰ́ρῐον; τοῦ φᾱνᾰρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾱνᾰ́ρῐον tò phānárion	τὼ φᾱνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ phānaríō	τᾰ̀ φᾱνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà phānária
Genitive	τοῦ φᾱνᾰρῐ́ου toû phānaríou	τοῖν φᾱνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn phānaríoin	τῶν φᾱνᾰρῐ́ων tôn phānaríōn
Dative	τῷ φᾱνᾰρῐ́ῳ tôi phānaríōi	τοῖν φᾱνᾰρῐ́οιν toîn phānaríoin	τοῖς φᾱνᾰρῐ́οις toîs phānaríois
Accusative	τὸ φᾱνᾰ́ρῐον tò phānárion	τὼ φᾱνᾰρῐ́ω tṑ phānaríō	τᾰ̀ φᾱνᾰ́ρῐᾰ tà phānária
Vocative	φᾱνᾰ́ρῐον phānárion	φᾱνᾰρῐ́ω phānaríō	φᾱνᾰ́ρῐᾰ phānária
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: φανάρι (fanári)
  • → Romanian: fanar
• → Arabic: فَنَار (fanār) (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Catalan: fanar
  • Catalan: fanal
    • → French: fanal, phanal (archaic)
      • → English: fanal
      • → German: Fanal
      • → Romanian: fanal
    • → Spanish: fanal
• → Russian: фона́рь (fonárʹ) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “φανάριον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “φανάριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press