φοξός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
No convincing etymology. Furnée compares φάγρος (phágros, “whetstone”) and φοῦσκος (phoûskos, “with pointed head”), assuming a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰok.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰokˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸokˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fokˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fokˈsos/
Adjective
φοξός • (phoxós) m (feminine φοξή, neuter φοξόν); first/second declension
- sharp, pointed
Inflection
First and second declension of φοξός; φοξή; φοξόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φοξός phoxós | φοξή phoxḗ | φοξόν phoxón | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξᾱ́ phoxā́ | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξοί phoxoí | φοξαί phoxaí | φοξᾰ́ phoxá | |||||
Genitive | φοξοῦ phoxoû | φοξῆς phoxês | φοξοῦ phoxoû | φοξοῖν phoxoîn | φοξαῖν phoxaîn | φοξοῖν phoxoîn | φοξῶν phoxôn | φοξῶν phoxôn | φοξῶν phoxôn | |||||
Dative | φοξῷ phoxôi | φοξῇ phoxêi | φοξῷ phoxôi | φοξοῖν phoxoîn | φοξαῖν phoxaîn | φοξοῖν phoxoîn | φοξοῖς phoxoîs | φοξαῖς phoxaîs | φοξοῖς phoxoîs | |||||
Accusative | φοξόν phoxón | φοξήν phoxḗn | φοξόν phoxón | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξᾱ́ phoxā́ | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξούς phoxoús | φοξᾱ́ς phoxā́s | φοξᾰ́ phoxá | |||||
Vocative | φοξέ phoxé | φοξή phoxḗ | φοξόν phoxón | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξᾱ́ phoxā́ | φοξώ phoxṓ | φοξοί phoxoí | φοξαί phoxaí | φοξᾰ́ phoxá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φοξῶς phoxôs | φοξώτερος phoxṓteros | φοξώτᾰτος phoxṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φοξῖνος (phoxînos)
- φοξίχειλος (phoxíkheilos)
- φοξότης (phoxótēs)
References
- φοξός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φοξός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN