φθίνα

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from φθίω (phthíō, “to perish, waste away, decay”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φθῐ́νᾰ • (phthĭ́nă) f (genitive φθῐ́νης); first declension

  1. mildew
  2. kind of olive

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ; τῆς φθῐ́νης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φθῐ́νᾰ
hē phthĭ́nă 		τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ
tṑ phthĭ́nā 		αἱ φθῐ́ναι
hai phthĭ́nai
Genitive τῆς φθῐ́νης
tês phthĭ́nēs 		τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν
toîn phthĭ́nain 		τῶν φθῐνῶν
tôn phthĭnôn
Dative τῇ φθῐ́νῃ
têi phthĭ́nēi 		τοῖν φθῐ́ναιν
toîn phthĭ́nain 		ταῖς φθῐ́ναις
taîs phthĭ́nais
Accusative τὴν φθῐ́νᾰν
tḕn phthĭ́năn 		τὼ φθῐ́νᾱ
tṑ phthĭ́nā 		τᾱ̀ς φθῐ́νᾱς
tā̀s phthĭ́nās
Vocative φθῐ́νᾰ
phthĭ́nă 		φθῐ́νᾱ
phthĭ́nā 		φθῐ́ναι
phthĭ́nai
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References

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