φονεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φόνος (phónos), the o-grade of θείνω (theínō, “kill”), + -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰo.něu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰoˈnews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸoˈneɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /foˈnefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /foˈnefs/
Noun
φονεύς • (phoneús) m (genitive φονέως); third declension
- murderer
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ φονεύς; τοῦ φονέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φονεύς ho phoneús | τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê | οἱ φονῆς / φονεῖς hoi phonês / phoneîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φονέως toû phonéōs | τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin | τῶν φονέων tôn phonéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φονεῖ tôi phoneî | τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin | τοῖς φονεῦσῐ / φονεῦσῐν toîs phoneûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φονέᾱ tòn phonéā | τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê | τοὺς φονέᾱς toùs phonéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φονεῦ phoneû | φονῆ phonê | φονῆς / φονεῖς phonês / phoneîs | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms
- φονεύτρια (phoneútria)
References
- “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “φονεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φονεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- φονεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5406 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.
- assassin idem, page 45.
- butcher idem, page 107.
- homicide idem, page 404.
- murderer idem, page 546.
- murdress idem, page 547.
- slaughterer idem, page 782.
- slayer idem, page 783.