φθόγγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Noun form of the verb φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰtʰóŋ.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰtʰoŋ.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸθoŋ.ɡos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfθoŋ.ɡos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfθoŋ.ɡos/
Audio (Classical Attic) (file)
Noun
φθόγγος • (phthóngos) m (genitive φθόγγου); second declension
- a sound or voice
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ φθόγγος; τοῦ φθόγγου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φθόγγος ho phthóngos | τὼ φθόγγω tṑ phthóngō | οἱ φθόγγοι hoi phthóngoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φθόγγου toû phthóngou | τοῖν φθόγγοιν toîn phthóngoin | τῶν φθόγγων tôn phthóngōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φθόγγῳ tôi phthóngōi | τοῖν φθόγγοιν toîn phthóngoin | τοῖς φθόγγοις toîs phthóngois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φθόγγον tòn phthóngon | τὼ φθόγγω tṑ phthóngō | τοὺς φθόγγους toùs phthóngous | ||||||||||
Vocative | φθόγγε phthónge | φθόγγω phthóngō | φθόγγοι phthóngoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἄφθογγος (áphthongos)
- γλυκύφθογγος (glukúphthongos)
- δίφθογγος (díphthongos)
- λιγύφθογγος (ligúphthongos)
- μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos)
- τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos)
- ὑγρόφθογγος (hugróphthongos)
- φθογγάριον (phthongárion)
Related terms
- φθογγή (phthongḗ) (poetic)
Descendants
- → Latin: phthongus
Further reading
- “φθόγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φθόγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φθόγγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φθόγγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φθόγγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5353 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- croak idem, page 185.
- crow idem, page 186.
- cry idem, page 187.
- howl idem, page 408.
- language idem, page 475.
- noise idem, page 559.
- pipe idem, page 614.
- quack idem, page 662.
- roar idem, page 719.
- scream idem, page 742.
- song idem, page 793.
- sound idem, page 796.
- squeak idem, page 808.
- tongue idem, page 880.
- voice idem, page 955.