φύτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῠ́ω (phúō, “I give forth, I generate, I produce, I beget”). Consists of φυ- (phu-) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰý.tɔːr/ → /ˈɸy.tor/ → /ˈfi.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰý.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.tor/

Noun

φῠ́τωρ • (phútōr) m (genitive φῠ́τορος); third declension

1. generator, producer
2. begetter
3. (metonymically): parent, father

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φῠ́τωρ; τοῦ φῠ́τορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φῠ́τωρ ho phútōr	τὼ φῠ́τορε tṑ phútore	οἱ φῠ́τορες hoi phútores
Genitive	τοῦ φῠ́τορος toû phútoros	τοῖν φῠτόροιν toîn phutóroin	τῶν φῠτόρων tôn phutórōn
Dative	τῷ φῠ́τορῐ tôi phútori	τοῖν φῠτόροιν toîn phutóroin	τοῖς φῠ́τορσῐ / φῠ́τορσῐν toîs phútorsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φῠ́τορᾰ tòn phútora	τὼ φῠ́τορε tṑ phútore	τοὺς φῠ́τορᾰς toùs phútoras
Vocative	φῠ́τορ phútor	φῠ́τορε phútore	φῠ́τορες phútores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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