φασσοφόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάσσα (phássa, “dove”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder, slaughter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰas.so.pʰó.nos/ → /ɸas.soˈɸo.nos/ → /fa.soˈfo.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰas.so.pʰó.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰas.soˈpʰo.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸas.soˈɸo.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fas.soˈfo.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.soˈfo.nos/

Adjective

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phăssophónos) m or f (neuter φᾰσσοφόνον); second declension

1. dove-killing

Declension

Second declension of φᾰσσοφόνος; φᾰσσοφόνον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰσσοφόνος phăssophónos	φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Genitive		φᾰσσοφόνου phăssophónou	φᾰσσοφόνου phăssophónou		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνων phăssophónōn	φᾰσσοφόνων phăssophónōn
Dative		φᾰσσοφόνῳ phăssophónōi	φᾰσσοφόνῳ phăssophónōi		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνοις phăssophónois	φᾰσσοφόνοις phăssophónois
Accusative		φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon	φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνους phăssophónous	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Vocative		φᾰσσοφόνε phăssophóne	φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi	φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φᾰσσοφόνως phăssophónōs			φᾰσσοφονώτερος phăssophonṓteros			φᾰσσοφονώτᾰτος phăssophonṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phăssophónos) m (genitive φᾰσσοφόνου); second declension

1. kind of hawk, perhaps the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

   Synonym: φαβοκτόνος (phaboktónos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος; τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος ho phăssophónos	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phăssophónō	οἱ φᾰσσοφόνοι hoi phăssophónoi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου toû phăssophónou	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phăssophónoin	τῶν φᾰσσοφόνων tôn phăssophónōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰσσοφόνῳ tôi phăssophónōi	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phăssophónoin	τοῖς φᾰσσοφόνοις toîs phăssophónois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰσσοφόνον tòn phăssophónon	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phăssophónō	τοὺς φᾰσσοφόνους toùs phăssophónous
Vocative	φᾰσσοφόνε phăssophóne	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φασσοφόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φασσοφόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φασσοφόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φασσοφόνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φασσοφόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963