Φαρνάκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Median *Farnaka

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.ná.kɛːs/ → /ɸarˈna.cis/ → /farˈna.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ná.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰarˈna.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸarˈna.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /farˈna.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /farˈna.cis/

Proper noun

Φᾰρνᾰ́κης • (Pharnákēs) m (genitive Φᾰρνᾰ́κου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Pharnaces

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́κης; τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φᾰρνᾰ́κης ho Pharnákēs
Genitive	τοῦ Φᾰρνᾰ́κου toû Pharnákou
Dative	τῷ Φᾰρνᾰ́κῃ tôi Pharnákēi
Accusative	τὸν Φᾰρνᾰ́κην tòn Pharnákēn
Vocative	Φᾰρνᾰ́κη Pharnákē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Φᾰρνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Pharnakíā)

Descendants

• Greek: Φαρνάκης (Farnákis)
• → Latin: Pharnacēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021