Φειδίας

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From φείδομαι (pheídomai, I spare) +‎ -ίας (-ías, male name suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φειδῐ́ᾱς (Pheidíāsm (genitive Φειδῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name: Pheidias; Phidias
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Greek sculptor and architect Phidias

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Φειδίας (Feidías)
  • Latin: Phidias

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021