Θῶνις

Θῶνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian tꜣ-ḥnt. Compare Coptic ⲧϩⲱⲛⲓ (thōni).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔ̂ː.nis/ → /ˈθo.nis/ → /ˈθo.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɔ̂ː.nis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtʰo.nis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈθo.nis/

Proper noun

Θῶνῐς • (Thônis) m (genitive Θώνῐδος); third declension

1. Thonis, Egypt[1]

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Θῶνῐς; τοῦ Θώνῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Θῶνῐς ho Thônis
Genitive	τοῦ Θώνῐδος toû Thṓnidos
Dative	τῷ Θώνῐδῐ tôi Thṓnidi
Accusative	τὸν Θώνῐδᾰ tòn Thṓnida
Vocative	Θῶνῐς Thônis
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.

Descendants

• → Latin: Thōnis

References

• Θῶνις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

1. Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax, 106.