φαρμακεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰρμᾰκεύω (phărmăkeúō, “to administer a drug; practise sorcery”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.kěu̯s/ → /ɸar.maˈceɸs/ → /far.maˈcefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰar.ma.kěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰar.maˈkews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸar.maˈceɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /far.maˈcefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /far.maˈcefs/

Noun

φᾰρμᾰκεύς • (phărmăkeús) m (genitive φᾰρμᾰκέως); third declension

1. sorcerer, poisoner

   Synonyms: γόης (góēs), μᾰ́γος (mắgos)

2. druggist, apothecary

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φᾰρμᾰκεύς; τοῦ φᾰρμᾰκέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰρμᾰκεύς ho phărmăkeús	τὼ φᾰρμᾰκῆ tṑ phărmăkê	οἱ φᾰρμᾰκῆς / φᾰρμᾰκεῖς hoi phărmăkês / phărmăkeîs
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰρμᾰκέως toû phărmăkéōs	τοῖν φᾰρμᾰκέοιν toîn phărmăkéoin	τῶν φᾰρμᾰκέων tôn phărmăkéōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰρμᾰκεῖ tôi phărmăkeî	τοῖν φᾰρμᾰκέοιν toîn phărmăkéoin	τοῖς φᾰρμᾰκεῦσῐ / φᾰρμᾰκεῦσῐν toîs phărmăkeûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν φᾰρμᾰκέᾱ tòn phărmăkéā	τὼ φᾰρμᾰκῆ tṑ phărmăkê	τοὺς φᾰρμᾰκέᾱς toùs phărmăkéās
Vocative	φᾰρμᾰκεῦ phărmăkeû	φᾰρμᾰκῆ phărmăkê	φᾰρμᾰκῆς / φᾰρμᾰκεῖς phărmăkês / phărmăkeîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φαρμακεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φαρμακεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φαρμακεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette