φονεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φόνος (phónos), the o-grade of θείνω (theínō, “kill”), +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰo.něu̯s/ → /ɸoˈneɸs/ → /foˈnefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰo.něu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈnews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈneɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈnefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈnefs/

Noun

φονεύς • (phoneús) m (genitive φονέως); third declension

1. murderer

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φονεύς; τοῦ φονέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φονεύς ho phoneús	τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê	οἱ φονῆς / φονεῖς hoi phonês / phoneîs
Genitive	τοῦ φονέως toû phonéōs	τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin	τῶν φονέων tôn phonéōn
Dative	τῷ φονεῖ tôi phoneî	τοῖν φονέοιν toîn phonéoin	τοῖς φονεῦσῐ / φονεῦσῐν toîs phoneûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φονέᾱ tòn phonéā	τὼ φονῆ tṑ phonê	τοὺς φονέᾱς toùs phonéās
Vocative	φονεῦ phoneû	φονῆ phonê	φονῆς / φονεῖς phonês / phoneîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Coordinate terms

• φονεύτρια (phoneútria)

References

• “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φονεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φονεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φονεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φονεύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • assassin idem, page 45.
  • butcher idem, page 107.
  • homicide idem, page 404.
  • murderer idem, page 546.
  • murdress idem, page 547.
  • slaughterer idem, page 782.
  • slayer idem, page 783.