Φῆστος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Fēstus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ːs.tos/ → /ˈɸis.tos/ → /ˈfis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝s.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfis.tos/

Proper noun

Φῆστος • (Phêstos) m (genitive Φήστου); second declension

1. Festus, a Roman cognomen

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φῆστος; τοῦ Φήστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Φῆστος ho Phêstos	τὼ Φήστω tṑ Phḗstō	οἱ Φῆστοι hoi Phêstoi
Genitive	τοῦ Φήστου toû Phḗstou	τοῖν Φήστοιν toîn Phḗstoin	τῶν Φήστων tôn Phḗstōn
Dative	τῷ Φήστῳ tôi Phḗstōi	τοῖν Φήστοιν toîn Phḗstoin	τοῖς Φήστοις toîs Phḗstois
Accusative	τὸν Φῆστον tòn Phêston	τὼ Φήστω tṑ Phḗstō	τοὺς Φήστους toùs Phḗstous
Vocative	Φῆστε Phêste	Φήστω Phḗstō	Φῆστοι Phêstoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5347 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible