φθόγγος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominal form of the verb φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, to utter a sound, raise one's voice).[1]

Pronunciation

 
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Noun

φθόγγος (phthóngosm (genitive φθόγγου); second declension

  1. a sound or voice

Inflection

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Descendants

  • Latin: phthongus

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φθέγγομαι (> DER > 4. φθόγγος)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1568-9

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