Φαίαξ
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From φαιός (phaiós, “grey”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰǎi̯.aːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰɛ.aks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸɛ.aks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfe.aks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfe.aks/
Proper noun
Φαίᾱξ • (Phaíāx) m (genitive Φαίᾱκος); third declension
Inflection
Noun
Φαίᾱξ • (Phaíāx) m (genitive Φαίᾱκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Φαίᾱξ ho Phaíāx |
τὼ Φαίᾱκε tṑ Phaíāke |
οἱ Φαίᾱκες hoi Phaíākes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Φαίᾱκος toû Phaíākos |
τοῖν Φαιᾱ́κοιν toîn Phaiā́koin |
τῶν Φαιᾱ́κων tôn Phaiā́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Φαίᾱκῐ tôi Phaíāki |
τοῖν Φαιᾱ́κοιν toîn Phaiā́koin |
τοῖς Φαίᾱξῐ / Φαίᾱξῐν toîs Phaíāxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Φαίᾱκᾰ tòn Phaíāka |
τὼ Φαίᾱκε tṑ Phaíāke |
τοὺς Φαίᾱκᾰς toùs Phaíākas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Φαίᾱξ Phaíāx |
Φαίᾱκε Phaíāke |
Φαίᾱκες Phaíākes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Φαιακία (Phaiakía)
Descendants
Further reading
- “Φαίαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers