φωνίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φωνή (phōnḗ) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.nís/ → /ɸoˈnis/ → /foˈnis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔː.nís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰoˈnis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸoˈnis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /foˈnis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /foˈnis/

Noun

φωνῐ́ς • (phōnĭ́s) f (genitive φωνῐ́δος); third declension

1. diminutive of φωνή (phōnḗ)
   • 1 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 1.94
   • 1 CE – 200 CE, Aelius Herodianus, On Peculiar Style 2.859

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ φωνῐ́ς; τῆς φωνῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φωνῐ́ς hē phōnĭ́s	τὼ φωνῐ́δε tṑ phōnĭ́de	αἱ φωνῐ́δες hai phōnĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς φωνῐ́δος tês phōnĭ́dos	τοῖν φωνῐ́δοιν toîn phōnĭ́doin	τῶν φωνῐ́δων tôn phōnĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ φωνῐ́δῐ têi phōnĭ́dĭ	τοῖν φωνῐ́δοιν toîn phōnĭ́doin	ταῖς φωνῐ́σῐ / φωνῐ́σῐν taîs phōnĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φωνῐ́δᾰ tḕn phōnĭ́dă	τὼ φωνῐ́δε tṑ phōnĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς φωνῐ́δᾰς tā̀s phōnĭ́dăs
Vocative	φωνῐ́ς phōnĭ́s	φωνῐ́δε phōnĭ́de	φωνῐ́δες phōnĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• “φωνίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φωνίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette