Φινεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰiː.něu̯s/ → /ɸiˈneɸs/ → /fiˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰiː.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸiˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fiˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈnefs/

Proper noun

Φῑνεύς • (Phīneús) m (genitive Φῑνέως); third declension

1. Phineus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Φῑνεύς; τοῦ Φῑνέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φῑνεύς ho Phīneús
Genitive	τοῦ Φῑνέως toû Phīnéōs
Dative	τῷ Φῑνεῖ tôi Phīneî
Accusative	τὸν Φῑνέᾱ tòn Phīnéā
Vocative	Φῑνεῦ Phīneû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Φῑνεύς; Φῑνῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Φῑνεύς Phīneús
Genitive	Φῑνῆος / Φῑνέος Phīnêos / Phīnéos
Dative	Φῑνῆῐ̈ / Φῑνέῐ̈ Phīnêĭ̈ / Phīnéĭ̈
Accusative	Φῑνῆᾰ / Φῑνέᾰ Phīnêă / Phīnéă
Vocative	Φῑνεῦ Phīneû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: Φινεύς (Finéfs), Φινέας (Finéas)
• Latin: Phīneus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Φινεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette