φανή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”), like φανός (phanós, “bright, shining”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰa.nɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰaˈne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸaˈni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /faˈni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /faˈni/
Noun
φᾰνή • (phănḗ) f (genitive φᾰνῆς); first declension
- torch, firebrand
- (in the plural) torch-processions
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φᾰνή hē phănḗ |
τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phănā́ |
αἱ φᾰναί hai phănaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φᾰνῆς tês phănês |
τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phănaîn |
τῶν φᾰνῶν tôn phănôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φᾰνῇ tēî phănēî |
τοῖν φᾰναῖν toîn phănaîn |
ταῖς φᾰναῖς taîs phănaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φᾰνήν tḕn phănḗn |
τὼ φᾰνᾱ́ tṑ phănā́ |
τᾱ̀ς φᾰνᾱ́ς tā̀s phănā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰνή phănḗ |
φᾰνᾱ́ phănā́ |
φᾰναί phănaí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φανή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φανή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φανή, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011