φατός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.tós/ → /ɸaˈtos/ → /faˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈtos/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰatós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

Adjective

φᾰτός • (phatós) m (feminine φᾰτή, neuter φᾰτόν); first/second declension

1. that may be spoken, speakable, utterable

   οὐ φατός ― ou phatós ― unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable

2. (figurative) famous, notable

Declension

First and second declension of φᾰτός; φᾰτή; φᾰτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰτός phatós	φᾰτή phatḗ	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτοί phatoí	φᾰταί phataí	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Genitive		φᾰτοῦ phatoû	φᾰτῆς phatês	φᾰτοῦ phatoû		φᾰτοῖν phatoîn	φᾰταῖν phataîn	φᾰτοῖν phatoîn		φᾰτῶν phatôn	φᾰτῶν phatôn	φᾰτῶν phatôn
Dative		φᾰτῷ phatôi	φᾰτῇ phatêi	φᾰτῷ phatôi		φᾰτοῖν phatoîn	φᾰταῖν phataîn	φᾰτοῖν phatoîn		φᾰτοῖς phatoîs	φᾰταῖς phataîs	φᾰτοῖς phatoîs
Accusative		φᾰτόν phatón	φᾰτήν phatḗn	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτούς phatoús	φᾰτᾱ́ς phatā́s	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Vocative		φᾰτέ phaté	φᾰτή phatḗ	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτοί phatoí	φᾰταί phataí	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾰτῶς phatôs				φᾰτώτερος phatṓteros				φᾰτώτᾰτος phatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• φατός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φατός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “φατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φατός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • expressible idem, page 296.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰətós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to kill, slay”).

Adjective

φᾰτός • (phatós) m (feminine φᾰτή, neuter φᾰτόν); first/second declension

1. slain, dead

Declension

First and second declension of φᾰτός; φᾰτή; φᾰτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰτός phatós	φᾰτή phatḗ	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτοί phatoí	φᾰταί phataí	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Genitive		φᾰτοῦ phatoû	φᾰτῆς phatês	φᾰτοῦ phatoû		φᾰτοῖν phatoîn	φᾰταῖν phataîn	φᾰτοῖν phatoîn		φᾰτῶν phatôn	φᾰτῶν phatôn	φᾰτῶν phatôn
Dative		φᾰτῷ phatôi	φᾰτῇ phatêi	φᾰτῷ phatôi		φᾰτοῖν phatoîn	φᾰταῖν phataîn	φᾰτοῖν phatoîn		φᾰτοῖς phatoîs	φᾰταῖς phataîs	φᾰτοῖς phatoîs
Accusative		φᾰτόν phatón	φᾰτήν phatḗn	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτούς phatoús	φᾰτᾱ́ς phatā́s	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Vocative		φᾰτέ phaté	φᾰτή phatḗ	φᾰτόν phatón		φᾰτώ phatṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phatā́	φᾰτώ phatṓ		φᾰτοί phatoí	φᾰταί phataí	φᾰτᾰ́ phatá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾰτῶς phatôs				φᾰτώτερος phatṓteros				φᾰτώτᾰτος phatṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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