φανός

Ancient Greek

Contraction of φαεινός (phaeinós), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawehnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wesnós, adjective noun from substantive *bʰéh₂wos (whence φάος (pháos)), from *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”).^[1]

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (feminine φᾱνή, neuter φᾱνόν); first/second declension

First and second declension of φᾱνός; φᾱνή; φᾱνόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φᾱνός phānós	φᾱνή phānḗ	φᾱνόν phānón	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνοί phānoí	φᾱναί phānaí	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Genitive	φᾱνοῦ phānoû	φᾱνῆς phānês	φᾱνοῦ phānoû	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱναῖν phānaîn	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱνῶν phānôn	φᾱνῶν phānôn	φᾱνῶν phānôn
Dative	φᾱνῷ phānôi	φᾱνῇ phānêi	φᾱνῷ phānôi	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱναῖν phānaîn	φᾱνοῖν phānoîn	φᾱνοῖς phānoîs	φᾱναῖς phānaîs	φᾱνοῖς phānoîs
Accusative	φᾱνόν phānón	φᾱνήν phānḗn	φᾱνόν phānón	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνούς phānoús	φᾱνᾱ́ς phānā́s	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Vocative	φᾱνέ phāné	φᾱνή phānḗ	φᾱνόν phānón	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνᾱ́ phānā́	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνοί phānoí	φᾱναί phānaí	φᾱνᾰ́ phāná
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φᾱνῶς phānôs			φᾱνότερος phānóteros			φᾱνότᾰτος phānótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (genitive φᾱνου); second declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾱνός ho phānós	τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ	οἱ φᾱνοί hoi phānoí
Genitive	τοῦ φᾱνοῦ toû phānoû	τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn	τῶν φᾱνῶν tôn phānôn
Dative	τῷ φᾱνῷ tôi phānôi	τοῖν φᾱνοῖν toîn phānoîn	τοῖς φᾱνοῖς toîs phānoîs
Accusative	τὸν φᾱνόν tòn phānón	τὼ φᾱνώ tṑ phānṓ	τοὺς φᾱνούς toùs phānoús
Vocative	φᾱνέ phāné	φᾱνώ phānṓ	φᾱνοί phānoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φανός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1551