φόνος

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word φόνος. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word φόνος, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say φόνος in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word φόνος you have here. The definition of the word φόνος will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofφόνος, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Related to θείνω (theínō, “to strike”) and ἔπεφνον (épephnon, “to slay”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φόνος • (phónos) m (genitive φόνου); second declension

  1. murder, slaughter
  2. (law) murder(er), homicide

Declension

Second declension of ὁ φόνος; τοῦ φόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φόνος
ho phónos 		τὼ φόνω
tṑ phónō 		οἱ φόνοι
hoi phónoi
Genitive τοῦ φόνου
toû phónou 		τοῖν φόνοιν
toîn phónoin 		τῶν φόνων
tôn phónōn
Dative τῷ φόνῳ
tôi phónōi 		τοῖν φόνοιν
toîn phónoin 		τοῖς φόνοις
toîs phónois
Accusative τὸν φόνον
tòn phónon 		τὼ φόνω
tṑ phónō 		τοὺς φόνους
toùs phónous
Vocative φόνε
phóne 		φόνω
phónō 		φόνοι
phónoi
Notes:
Second declension of φόνος; φόνου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φόνος
phónos 		φόνω
phónō 		φόνοι
phónoi
Genitive φόνου / φονοῖο / φόνοιο / φονόο / φόνοο
phónou / phonoîo / phónoio / phonóo / phónoo 		φόνοιῐν
phónoiin 		φόνων
phónōn
Dative φόνῳ
phónōi 		φόνοιῐν
phónoiin 		φόνοισῐ / φόνοισῐν / φόνοις
phónoisi(n) / phónois
Accusative φόνον
phónon 		φόνω
phónō 		φόνους
phónous
Vocative φόνε
phóne 		φόνω
phónō 		φόνοι
phónoi
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: φόνος (fónos)

Further reading

  • “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “φόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • “φόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos),[1] which is cognate to Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō). See there for further cognates.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
  • Hyphenation: φό‧νος

Noun

φόνος • (fónos) m (plural φόνοι)

  1. murder

Declension

singular plural
nominative φόνος (fónos) φόνοι (fónoi)
genitive φόνου (fónou) φόνων (fónon)
accusative φόνο (fóno) φόνους (fónous)
vocative φόνε (fóne) φόνοι (fónoi)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ φόνος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia