Φῶκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̂ː.kos/ → /ˈɸo.kos/ → /ˈfo.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̂ː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.kos/

Proper noun

Φῶκος • (Phôkos) m (genitive Φώκου); second declension

1. Phocus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φῶκος; τοῦ Φώκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φῶκος ho Phôkos
Genitive	τοῦ Φώκου toû Phṓkou
Dative	τῷ Φώκῳ tôi Phṓkōi
Accusative	τὸν Φῶκον tòn Phôkon
Vocative	Φῶκε Phôke
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φώκαιᾰ (Phṓkaia)
• Φωκεύς (Phōkeús)
• Φωκῐκός (Phōkikós)
• Φώκιος (Phṓkios)
• Φωκῐ́ς (Phōkís)
• Φωκίων (Phōkíōn)

Descendants

• Greek: Φώκος (Fókos)
• Latin: Phōcus

Further reading

• “Φῶκος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022