φθινόπωρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φθῐ́ν(ω) (phthĭ́n(ō), “decay, to be reduced”) + ὀπώρ(α) f (opṓr(a), “last part of summer; fruit”) + -ον n (-on).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.nó.pɔː.ron/ → /ɸθiˈno.po.ron/ → /fθiˈno.po.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰi.nó.pɔː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰiˈno.po.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸθiˈno.po.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fθiˈno.po.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fθiˈno.po.ron/

Noun

φθινόπωρον • (phthinópōron) n (genitive φθῐνοπώρου); second declension

1. autumn

   Synonyms: μετόπωρον (metópōron), μεθόπωρον (methópōron), φθῐνομετόπωρον (phthĭnometópōron)

   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 4.42
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 9.117
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.31.1
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.18.3
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.100.2

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φθῐνόπωρον; τοῦ φθῐνοπώρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φθῐνόπωρον tò phthĭnópōron	τὼ φθῐνοπώρω tṑ phthĭnopṓrō	τᾰ̀ φθῐνόπωρᾰ tằ phthĭnópōră
Genitive	τοῦ φθῐνοπώρου toû phthĭnopṓrou	τοῖν φθῐνοπώροιν toîn phthĭnopṓroin	τῶν φθῐνοπώρων tôn phthĭnopṓrōn
Dative	τῷ φθῐνοπώρῳ tôi phthĭnopṓrōi	τοῖν φθῐνοπώροιν toîn phthĭnopṓroin	τοῖς φθῐνοπώροις toîs phthĭnopṓrois
Accusative	τὸ φθῐνόπωρον tò phthĭnópōron	τὼ φθῐνοπώρω tṑ phthĭnopṓrō	τᾰ̀ φθῐνόπωρᾰ tằ phthĭnópōră
Vocative	φθῐνόπωρον phthĭnópōron	φθῐνοπώρω phthĭnopṓrō	φθῐνόπωρᾰ phthĭnópōră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φθινομετόπωρον (phthinometópōron)
• φθινοπωρικός (phthinopōrikós)
• φθινοπωρινός (phthinopōrinós)
• φθινοπωρίς (phthinopōrís)
• φθινοπωρισμός (phthinopōrismós)

Related terms

• see: φθίνω (phthínō) and ὀπώρα (opṓra)

Descendants

• → Greek: φθινόπωρο (fthinóporo) (learned)

Further reading

• “φθινόπωρον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “φθινόπωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φθινόπωρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φθινόπωρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette