φωνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνή (phōnḗ) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.nís/ → /ɸoˈnis/ → /foˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈnis/

Noun

φωνῐ́ς • (phōnís) f (genitive φωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. diminutive of φωνή (phōnḗ)
   • 1 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 1.94
   • 1 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 2.859

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φωνῐ́ς; τῆς φωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φωνῐ́ς hē phōnís	τὼ φωνῐ́δε tṑ phōníde	αἱ φωνῐ́δες hai phōnídes
Genitive	τῆς φωνῐ́δος tês phōnídos	τοῖν φωνῐ́δοιν toîn phōnídoin	τῶν φωνῐ́δων tôn phōnídōn
Dative	τῇ φωνῐ́δῐ têi phōnídi	τοῖν φωνῐ́δοιν toîn phōnídoin	ταῖς φωνῐ́σῐ / φωνῐ́σῐν taîs phōnísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν φωνῐ́δᾰ tḕn phōnída	τὼ φωνῐ́δε tṑ phōníde	τᾱ̀ς φωνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s phōnídas
Vocative	φωνῐ́ς phōnís	φωνῐ́δε phōníde	φωνῐ́δες phōnídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “φωνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φωνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette