φασιανός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φᾱσῐᾱνός (Phāsiānós, “Phasian”) (with the implied substantive ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”)) from Φᾶσῐς (Phâsis, “Phasis”), from where, it was supposed, the bird spread to the west.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰaː.si.aː.nós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.si.aˈnos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.si.aˈnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.si.aˈnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.si.aˈnos/

Noun

φᾱσῐᾱνός • (phāsiānós) m (genitive φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ); second declension

pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Synonym: τέταρος (tétaros)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾱσῐᾱνός; τοῦ φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾱσῐᾱνός ho phāsiānós	τὼ φᾱσῐᾱνώ tṑ phāsiānṓ	οἱ φᾱσῐᾱνοί hoi phāsiānoí
Genitive	τοῦ φᾱσῐᾱνοῦ toû phāsiānoû	τοῖν φᾱσῐᾱνοῖν toîn phāsiānoîn	τῶν φᾱσῐᾱνῶν tôn phāsiānôn
Dative	τῷ φᾱσῐᾱνῷ tôi phāsiānôi	τοῖν φᾱσῐᾱνοῖν toîn phāsiānoîn	τοῖς φᾱσῐᾱνοῖς toîs phāsiānoîs
Accusative	τὸν φᾱσῐᾱνόν tòn phāsiānón	τὼ φᾱσῐᾱνώ tṑ phāsiānṓ	τοὺς φᾱσῐᾱνούς toùs phāsiānoús
Vocative	φᾱσῐᾱνέ phāsiāné	φᾱσῐᾱνώ phāsiānṓ	φᾱσῐᾱνοί phāsiānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: φασιανός (fasianós)
→ Classical Syriac: ܦܣܝܢܐ (pasyānā)
→ Hebrew: פסיון (pasyon)
→ Latin: phāsiānus (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Armenian: փասիան (pʻasian)
→ Translingual: Phasianus

References

“Φασιανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φασιανός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “փասեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 484b

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φασιανός (phasianós).

Noun

φασιανός • (fasianós) m (plural φασιανοί)

pheasant

Declension

declension of φασιανός

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	φασιανός •	φασιανοί •
genitive	φασιανού •	φασιανών •
accusative	φασιανό •	φασιανούς •
vocative	φασιανέ •	φασιανοί •

Synonyms

κοινός φασιανός m (koinós fasianós, “common pheasant”)

φασιανός

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

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