Φαίδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰǎi̯.dɔːn/ → /ˈɸɛ.ðon/ → /ˈfe.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰǎi̯.dɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛ.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸɛ.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ðon/

Proper noun

Φαίδων • (Phaídōn) m (genitive Φαίδωνος); third declension

1. Phaedo

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φαίδων; τοῦ Φαίδωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φαίδων ho Phaídōn
Genitive	τοῦ Φαίδωνος toû Phaídōnos
Dative	τῷ Φαίδωνῐ tôi Phaídōni
Accusative	τὸν Φαίδωνᾰ tòn Phaídōna
Vocative	Φαίδων Phaídōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φαίδων (Faídon)
• Latin: Phaedō
• French: Phédon
• Italian: Fedone
• Polish: Fedon
• Russian: Федон (Fedon)
• Spanish: Fedón

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Φαίδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Φαίδων”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011