φατός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.tós/ → /ɸaˈtos/ → /faˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈtos/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰatós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).

Adjective

φᾰτός • (phătós) m (feminine φᾰτή, neuter φᾰτόν); first/second declension

1. that may be spoken, speakable, utterable

   οὐ φατός ― ou phatós ― unspeakable, unutterable, ineffable

2. (figurative) famous, notable

Declension

First and second declension of φᾰτός; φᾰτή; φᾰτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰτός phătós	φᾰτή phătḗ	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτοί phătoí	φᾰταί phătaí	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Genitive		φᾰτοῦ phătoû	φᾰτῆς phătês	φᾰτοῦ phătoû		φᾰτοῖν phătoîn	φᾰταῖν phătaîn	φᾰτοῖν phătoîn		φᾰτῶν phătôn	φᾰτῶν phătôn	φᾰτῶν phătôn
Dative		φᾰτῷ phătôi	φᾰτῇ phătêi	φᾰτῷ phătôi		φᾰτοῖν phătoîn	φᾰταῖν phătaîn	φᾰτοῖν phătoîn		φᾰτοῖς phătoîs	φᾰταῖς phătaîs	φᾰτοῖς phătoîs
Accusative		φᾰτόν phătón	φᾰτήν phătḗn	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτούς phătoús	φᾰτᾱ́ς phătā́s	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Vocative		φᾰτέ phăté	φᾰτή phătḗ	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτοί phătoí	φᾰταί phătaí	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾰτῶς phătôs				φᾰτώτερος phătṓteros				φᾰτώτᾰτος phătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• φατός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φατός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “φατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φατός”, 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.
  • expressible idem, page 296.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰətós, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to kill, slay”).

Adjective

φᾰτός • (phătós) m (feminine φᾰτή, neuter φᾰτόν); first/second declension

1. slain, dead

Declension

First and second declension of φᾰτός; φᾰτή; φᾰτόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φᾰτός phătós	φᾰτή phătḗ	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτοί phătoí	φᾰταί phătaí	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Genitive		φᾰτοῦ phătoû	φᾰτῆς phătês	φᾰτοῦ phătoû		φᾰτοῖν phătoîn	φᾰταῖν phătaîn	φᾰτοῖν phătoîn		φᾰτῶν phătôn	φᾰτῶν phătôn	φᾰτῶν phătôn
Dative		φᾰτῷ phătôi	φᾰτῇ phătêi	φᾰτῷ phătôi		φᾰτοῖν phătoîn	φᾰταῖν phătaîn	φᾰτοῖν phătoîn		φᾰτοῖς phătoîs	φᾰταῖς phătaîs	φᾰτοῖς phătoîs
Accusative		φᾰτόν phătón	φᾰτήν phătḗn	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτούς phătoús	φᾰτᾱ́ς phătā́s	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Vocative		φᾰτέ phăté	φᾰτή phătḗ	φᾰτόν phătón		φᾰτώ phătṓ	φᾰτᾱ́ phătā́	φᾰτώ phătṓ		φᾰτοί phătoí	φᾰταί phătaí	φᾰτᾰ́ phătắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φᾰτῶς phătôs				φᾰτώτερος phătṓteros				φᾰτώτᾰτος phătṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φατός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “φατός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press