φθίνα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from φθίω (phthíō, “to perish, waste away, decay”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰí.na/ → /ˈɸθi.na/ → /ˈfθi.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰí.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰi.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸθi.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfθi.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfθi.na/

Noun

φθῐ́νᾰ • (phthĭ́nă) f (genitive φθῐ́νης); first declension

1. mildew
2. kind of olive

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ; τῆς φθῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ hē phthĭ́nă	τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthĭ́nā	αἱ φθῐ́ναι hai phthĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς φθῐ́νης tês phthĭ́nēs	τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthĭ́nain	τῶν φθῐνῶν tôn phthĭnôn
Dative	τῇ φθῐ́νῃ têi phthĭ́nēi	τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν toîn phthĭ́nain	ταῖς φθῐ́ναις taîs phthĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν φθῐ́νᾰν tḕn phthĭ́năn	τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ tṑ phthĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς φθῐ́νᾱς tā̀s phthĭ́nās
Vocative	φθῐ́νᾰ phthĭ́nă	φθῐ́νᾱ phthĭ́nā	φθῐ́ναι phthĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “φθίνα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press