Φοίνισσα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰǒi̯.niːs.sa/ → /ˈɸy.nis.sa/ → /ˈfi.ni.sa/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰǒi̯.niːs.sa/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.nis.sa/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.nis.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.nis.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ni.sa/

Proper noun

Φοίνῑσσᾰ • (Phoínīssa) f (genitive Φοινῑ́σσης); first declension

1. Phoenicia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φοίνῑσσᾰ; τῆς Φοινῑ́σσης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φοίνῑσσᾰ hē Phoínīssa
Genitive	τῆς Φοινῑ́σσης tês Phoinī́ssēs
Dative	τῇ Φοινῑ́σσῃ têi Phoinī́ssēi
Accusative	τὴν Φοίνῑσσᾰν tḕn Phoínīssan
Vocative	Φοίνῑσσᾰ Phoínīssa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φοινῑ́κη (Phoinī́kē)
• Φοινῑκῐκός (Phoinīkikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Φοίνισσα (Foínissa)
• Latin: Phoenīssa

References

• “Φοίνισσα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022