φθίνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from φθίω (phthíō, “to perish, waste away, decay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰí.na/ → /ˈɸθi.na/ → /ˈfθi.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰí.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸθi.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfθi.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfθi.na/

Noun

φθῐ́νᾰ • (phthína) f (genitive φθῐ́νης); first declension

1. mildew
2. kind of olive

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ; τῆς φθῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ hē phthína	τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthínā	αἱ φθῐ́ναι hai phthínai
Genitive	τῆς φθῐ́νης tês phthínēs	τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthínain	τῶν φθῐνῶν tôn phthinôn
Dative	τῇ φθῐ́νῃ têi phthínēi	τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthínain	ταῖς φθῐ́ναις taîs phthínais
Accusative	τὴν φθῐ́νᾰν tḕn phthínan	τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthínā	τᾱ̀ς φθῐ́νᾱς tā̀s phthínās
Vocative	φθῐ́νᾰ phthína	φθῐ́νᾱ phthínā	φθῐ́ναι phthínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “φθίνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press