φενακισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φενᾱκῐ́ζω (phenākĭ́zō, “to cheat, trick”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰe.naː.kiz.mós/ → /ɸe.na.cizˈmos/ → /fe.na.cizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰe.naː.kiz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰe.na.kizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸe.na.cizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fe.na.cizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fe.na.cizˈmos/

Noun

φενᾱκῐσμός • (phenākĭsmós) m (genitive φενᾱκῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. cheating, quackery, imposition

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φενᾱκῐσμός; τοῦ φενᾱκῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φενᾱκῐσμός ho phenākĭsmós	τὼ φενᾱκῐσμώ tṑ phenākĭsmṓ	οἱ φενᾱκῐσμοί hoi phenākĭsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ φενᾱκῐσμοῦ toû phenākĭsmoû	τοῖν φενᾱκῐσμοῖν toîn phenākĭsmoîn	τῶν φενᾱκῐσμῶν tôn phenākĭsmôn
Dative	τῷ φενᾱκῐσμῷ tôi phenākĭsmôi	τοῖν φενᾱκῐσμοῖν toîn phenākĭsmoîn	τοῖς φενᾱκῐσμοῖς toîs phenākĭsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν φενᾱκῐσμόν tòn phenākĭsmón	τὼ φενᾱκῐσμώ tṑ phenākĭsmṓ	τοὺς φενᾱκῐσμούς toùs phenākĭsmoús
Vocative	φενᾱκῐσμέ phenākĭsmé	φενᾱκῐσμώ phenākĭsmṓ	φενᾱκῐσμοί phenākĭsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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