φώκαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”) + -αινᾰ (-aina).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰo.kɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸo.cɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ce.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfo.ce.na/
Noun
φώκαινᾰ • (phṓkaina) f (genitive φωκαίνης); first declension
- porpoise, Delphinus phocaena
- Aristotle, History of Animals 6.12.2
- Aristotle, History of Animals 8.13.7
Inflection
First declension of ἡ φώκαινᾰ; τῆς φωκαίνης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φώκαινᾰ hē phṓkaina | τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā | αἱ φώκαιναι hai phṓkainai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φωκαίνης tês phōkaínēs | τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain | τῶν φωκαινῶν tôn phōkainôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φωκαίνῃ têi phōkaínēi | τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain | ταῖς φωκαίναις taîs phōkaínais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φώκαινᾰν tḕn phṓkainan | τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā | τᾱ̀ς φωκαίνᾱς tā̀s phōkaínās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φώκαινᾰ phṓkaina | φωκαίνᾱ phōkaínā | φώκαιναι phṓkainai | ||||||||||
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References
- “φώκαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φώκαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette