φθίνα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Ultimately from φθίω (phthíō, “to perish, waste away, decay”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰí.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸθi.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfθi.na/
Noun
φθῐ́νᾰ • (phthína) f (genitive φθῐ́νης); first declension
- mildew
- kind of olive
Inflection
First declension of ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ; τῆς φθῐ́νης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ hē phthína | τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthínā | αἱ φθῐ́ναι hai phthínai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φθῐ́νης tês phthínēs | τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthínain | τῶν φθῐνῶν tôn phthinôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φθῐ́νῃ têi phthínēi | φθῐ́ναιν phthínain | ταῖς φθῐ́ναις taîs phthínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φθῐ́νᾰν tḕn phthínan | φθῐ́νᾱ phthínā | τᾱ̀ς φθῐ́νᾱς tā̀s phthínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φθῐ́νᾰ phthína | φθῐ́νᾱ phthínā | φθῐ́ναι phthínai | ||||||||||
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References
- φθίνα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press