φανή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”), like φανός (phanós, “bright, shining”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.nɛ̌ː/ → /ɸaˈni/ → /faˈni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.nɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈni/

Noun

φᾰνή • (phanḗ) f (genitive φᾰνῆς); first declension

1. torch, firebrand

   Synonyms: γράβιον (grábion), γρυνός (grunós), δαΐς (daḯs), δᾰ́ος (dáos), ἑλένη (helénē), λαμπάς (lampás), λοφνίς (lophnís), πανός (panós), πυρσός (pursós), φρῠκτός (phruktós)

2. (in the plural) torch-processions

Declension

First declension of ἡ φᾰνή; τῆς φᾰνῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰνή hē phanḗ	τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phanā́	αἱ φᾰναί hai phanaí
Genitive	τῆς φᾰνῆς tês phanês	τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phanaîn	τῶν φᾰνῶν tôn phanôn
Dative	τῇ φᾰνῇ têi phanêi	τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phanaîn	ταῖς φᾰναῖς taîs phanaîs
Accusative	τὴν φᾰνήν tḕn phanḗn	τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phanā́	τᾱ̀ς φᾰνᾱ́ς tā̀s phanā́s
Vocative	φᾰνή phanḗ	φᾰνᾱ́ phanā́	φᾰναί phanaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φανή - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.