Φαῦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰâu̯.nos/ → /ˈɸa.βnos/ → /ˈfa.vnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰâu̯.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaw.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.βnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vnos/

Proper noun

Φαῦνος • (Phaûnos) m (genitive Φαύνου); second declension

1. Faunus
   • 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Kings 1
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.31.2
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.44.3
   • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.16.2
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 15

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φαῦνος; τοῦ Φαύνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φαῦνος ho Phaûnos
Genitive	τοῦ Φαύνου toû Phaúnou
Dative	τῷ Φαύνῳ tôi Phaúnōi
Accusative	τὸν Φαῦνον tòn Phaûnon
Vocative	Φαῦνε Phaûne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φαύνος (Fávnos), φαύνος (fávnos, “faun”)

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010