φώκαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”) +‎ -αινᾰ (-aina).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.na/ → /ˈɸo.cɛ.na/ → /ˈfo.ce.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔ̌ː.kai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰo.kɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.cɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ce.na/

Noun

φώκαινᾰ • (phṓkaina) f (genitive φωκαίνης); first declension

1. porpoise, Delphinus phocaena
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.12.2
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 8.13.7

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φώκαινᾰ; τῆς φωκαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φώκαινᾰ hē phṓkaina	τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā	αἱ φώκαιναι hai phṓkainai
Genitive	τῆς φωκαίνης tês phōkaínēs	τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain	τῶν φωκαινῶν tôn phōkainôn
Dative	τῇ φωκαίνῃ têi phōkaínēi	τοῖν φωκαίναιν toîn phōkaínain	ταῖς φωκαίναις taîs phōkaínais
Accusative	τὴν φώκαινᾰν tḕn phṓkainan	τὼ φωκαίνᾱ tṑ phōkaínā	τᾱ̀ς φωκαίνᾱς tā̀s phōkaínās
Vocative	φώκαινᾰ phṓkaina	φωκαίνᾱ phōkaínā	φώκαιναι phṓkainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Italian: focena

References

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