Φαῖδρος

See also: φαιδρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαιδρός (phaidrós, “bright”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰâi̯.dros/ → /ˈɸɛ.ðros/ → /ˈfe.ðros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰâi̯.dros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰɛ.dros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸɛ.ðros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ðros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ðros/

Proper noun

Φαῖδρος • (Phaîdros) m (genitive Φαίδρου); second declension

1. Phaedrus
   • 389 BCE – 314 BCE, Aeschines, Against Timarchus 43
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedrus 227a
   • 385 BCE – 380 BCE, Plato, Symposium 177a
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 315c
   • 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 7.1
   • 440 BCE – 390 BCE, Andocides, On the Mysteries 15

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φαῖδρος; τοῦ Φαίδρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φαῖδρος ho Phaîdros
Genitive	τοῦ Φαίδρου toû Phaídrou
Dative	τῷ Φαίδρῳ tôi Phaídrōi
Accusative	τὸν Φαῖδρον tòn Phaîdron
Vocative	Φαῖδρε Phaîdre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā)
• Φαιδρῐ́ᾱ (Phaidríā)

Descendants

• Greek: Φαίδρος (Faídros)
• Latin: Phaedrus

References

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