φύτωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “I give forth, I generate, I produce, I beget”). Consists of φυ- (phu-) +‎ -τωρ (-tōr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰý.tɔːr/ → /ˈɸy.tor/ → /ˈfi.tor/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰý.tɔːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.tor/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.tor/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.tor/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.tor/

Noun

φῠ́τωρ • (phŭ́tōr) m (genitive φῠ́τορος); third declension

1. generator, producer
2. begetter
3. (metonymically): parent, father

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φῠ́τωρ; τοῦ φῠ́τορος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φῠ́τωρ ho phŭ́tōr	τὼ φῠ́τορε tṑ phŭ́tore	οἱ φῠ́τορες hoi phŭ́tores
Genitive	τοῦ φῠ́τορος toû phŭ́toros	τοῖν φῠτόροιν toîn phŭtóroin	τῶν φῠτόρων tôn phŭtórōn
Dative	τῷ φῠ́τορῐ tôi phŭ́torĭ	τοῖν φῠτόροιν toîn phŭtóroin	τοῖς φῠ́τορσῐ / φῠ́τορσῐν toîs phŭ́torsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν φῠ́τορᾰ tòn phŭ́toră	τὼ φῠ́τορε tṑ phŭ́tore	τοὺς φῠ́τορᾰς toùs phŭ́torăs
Vocative	φῠ́τορ phŭ́tor	φῠ́τορε phŭ́tore	φῠ́τορες phŭ́tores
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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