Πασιφάη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾶσῐ (pâsi, “to all”) +‎ φᾰ́ος (pháos, “light”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /paː.si.pʰá.ɛː/ → /pa.siˈɸa.i/ → /pa.siˈfa.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /paː.si.pʰá.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.siˈpʰa.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.siˈɸa.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.siˈfa.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.siˈfa.i/

Proper noun

Πᾱσῐφᾰ́η • (Pāsipháē) f (genitive Πᾱσῐφᾰ́ης); first declension

1. Pasiphae

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πᾱσῐφᾰ́η; τῆς Πᾱσῐφᾰ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πᾱσῐφᾰ́η hē Pāsipháē
Genitive	τῆς Πᾱσῐφᾰ́ης tês Pāsipháēs
Dative	τῇ Πᾱσῐφᾰ́ῃ têi Pāsipháēi
Accusative	τὴν Πᾱσῐφᾰ́ην tḕn Pāsipháēn
Vocative	Πᾱσῐφᾰ́η Pāsipháē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Pasiphae
• Greek: Πασιφάη (Pasifái)
• Latin: Pasiphaē

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020