φήρ

φήρ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ːr/ → /ɸir/ → /fir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fir/

Noun

φήρ • (phḗr) m (genitive φηρός); second declension

1. Aeolic form of θήρ (thḗr)

Declension

Third declension of ὀ φήρ; τοῦ, τῆς φηρός (Lesbian)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὀ φήρ o phḗr	τὼ φῆρε tṑ phêre	οἰ φῆρες oi phêres
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς φηρός toû, tês phērós	τοῖν φηροῖν toîn phēroîn	τῶν φηρῶν tôn phērôn
Dative	τῶ φηρῐ́ tô phērí	τοῖν φηροῖν toîn phēroîn	τοῖς, ταῖς φήρεσσῐ / φήρεσσῐν toîs, taîs phḗressi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν φῆρᾰ tòn, tḕn phêra	τὼ φῆρε tṑ phêre	τοῖς φῆρᾰς toîs phêras
Vocative	φήρ phḗr	φῆρε phêre	φῆρες phêres
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “φήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers