Φοινίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φοῖνῐξ (Phoînix, “Phoenician”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰoi̯.nǐː.kɛː/ → /ɸyˈni.ci/ → /fiˈni.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰoi̯.nǐː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰyˈni.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸyˈni.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fyˈni.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈni.ci/

Proper noun

Φοινῑ́κη • (Phoinī́kē) f (genitive Φοινῑ́κης); first declension

1. Phoenicia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Φοινῑ́κη; τῆς Φοινῑ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φοινῑ́κη hē Phoinī́kē
Genitive	τῆς Φοινῑ́κης tês Phoinī́kēs
Dative	τῇ Φοινῑ́κῃ têi Phoinī́kēi
Accusative	τὴν Φοινῑ́κην tḕn Phoinī́kēn
Vocative	Φοινῑ́κη Phoinī́kē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φοίνῑσσᾰ (Phoínīssa)
• Φοινῑκῐκός (Phoinīkikós)

Descendants

• English: Phenice
• Greek: Φοινίκη (Foiníki)
• Latin: Phoenīcē

References

• G5403 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022