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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φοξός (phoxós, “sharp, pointed”) + -ῖνος (-înos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰok.sîː.nos/ → /ɸokˈsi.nos/ → /fokˈsi.nos/
Noun
φοξῖνος • (phoxînos) m (genitive φοξῑ́νου); second declension
- type of fish, perhaps the minnow
384 BCE – 322 BCE,
Aristotle,
History of Animals 6.13.3:
- Δηλοῦσι δ’ ἔνιοι τῶν ποταμίων· εὐθὺς γὰρ γεννώμενοι ὡς εἰπεῖν καὶ μικροὶ ὄντες οἱ φοξῖνοι κυήματ’ ἔχουσιν.
- Dēloûsi d’ énioi tôn potamíōn; euthùs gàr gennṓmenoi hōs eipeîn kaì mikroì óntes hoi phoxînoi kuḗmat’ ékhousin.
384 BCE – 322 BCE,
Aristotle,
History of Animals 6.14.2:
- Τίκτουσι δ’ ἐν ταῖς προλιμνάσι τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ τῶν λιμνῶν πρὸς τὰ καλαμώδη, οἷον οἵ τε φοξῖνοι καὶ αἱ πέρκαι.
- Tíktousi d’ en taîs prolimnási tôn potamôn kaì tôn limnôn pròs tà kalamṓdē, hoîon hoí te phoxînoi kaì hai pérkai.
400 BCE – 300 BCE, Mnesimachus,
Philippus 1.33
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