φερνή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) + -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰer.nɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰerˈne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸerˈni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ferˈni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ferˈni/
Noun
φερνή • (phernḗ) f (genitive φερνῆς); first declension
- that which is brought by the wife, a dowry
Declension
First declension of ἡ φερνή; τῆς φερνῆς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φερνή hē phernḗ | τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́ | αἱ φερναί hai phernaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φερνῆς tês phernês | τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn | τῶν φερνῶν tôn phernôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φερνῇ têi phernêi | τοῖν φερναῖν toîn phernaîn | ταῖς φερναῖς taîs phernaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φερνήν tḕn phernḗn | τὼ φερνᾱ́ tṑ phernā́ | τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς tā̀s phernā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | φερνή phernḗ | φερνᾱ́ phernā́ | φερναί phernaí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- παράφερνα (parápherna)
Further reading
- “φερνή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press