φανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φαεινός (phaeinós) — Epic

Etymology

Contraction of φαεινός (phaeinós), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawehnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wesnós, adjective noun from substantive *bʰéh₂wos (whence φάος (pháos)), from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰaː.nós/ → /ɸaˈnos/ → /faˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈnos/

Adjective

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (feminine φᾱνή, neuter φᾱνόν); first/second declension

1. bright, shining, resplendent

Declension

First and second declension of φᾱνός; φᾱνή; φᾱνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾱνός phānós	φᾱνή phānḗ	φᾱνόν phānón		φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ		φᾱνοί phānoí	φᾱναί phānaí	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Genitive		φᾱνοῦ phānoû	φᾱνῆς phānês	φᾱνοῦ phānoû		φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱναῖν phānaîn	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn		φᾱνῶν phānôn	φᾱνῶν phānôn	φᾱνῶν phānôn
Dative		φᾱνῷ phānôi	φᾱνῇ phānêi	φᾱνῷ phānôi		φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱναῖν phānaîn	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn		φᾱνοῖς phānoîs	φᾱναῖς phānaîs	φᾱνοῖς phānoîs
Accusative		φᾱνόν phānón	φᾱνήν phānḗn	φᾱνόν phānón		φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ		φᾱνούς phānoús	φᾱνᾱ́ς phānā́s	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Vocative		φᾱνέ phāné	φᾱνή phānḗ	φᾱνόν phānón		φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ		φᾱνοί phānoí	φᾱναί phānaí	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾱνῶς phānôs				φᾱνότερος phānóteros				φᾱνότᾰτος phānótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (genitive φᾱνου); second declension

1. torch, lantern

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾱνός; τοῦ φᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾱνός ho phānós	τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ	οἱ φᾱνοί hoi phānoí
Genitive	τοῦ φᾱνοῦ toû phānoû	τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn	τῶν φᾱνῶν tôn phānôn
Dative	τῷ φᾱνῷ tôi phānôi	τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn	τοῖς φᾱνοῖς toîs phānoîs
Accusative	τὸν φᾱνόν tòn phānón	τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ	τοὺς φᾱνούς toùs phānoús
Vocative	φᾱνέ phāné	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνοί phānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φᾱνάριον (phānárion)

Descendants

• Greek: φανός (fanós)
• → Arabic: فَانُوس (fānūs)
  • → Amharic: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • → Dongolawi: fānū́s
  • → Ottoman Turkish: فانوس, ֆանուս (fanus) — Armeno-Turkish
    • Turkish: fanus
  • → Swahili: fanusi
  • → Tigre: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • → Tigrinya: ፋኑስ (fanus)
  • → Uyghur: پانۇس (panus)
• → Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܦܴܢܣܴܐ (pānəsā)

  Galilean: פנסא (/⁠pānəsā⁠/)

• → Hebrew: פָּנָס (pānā́s)
• → Italian: falò
  • → French: falot
• → Persian: فانوس (fânus)
  • → Bengali: ফানুস (phanus)

Further reading

• “φανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clean idem, page 136.
  • light idem, page 490.