Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek Dictionary

Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Φαῖαξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Φαῖαξ Φαίακος

Structure: Φαιακ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a Phaeacian

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Φαῖαξ Φαίακε Φαίακες
Genitive Φαίακος Φαιάκοιν Φαιάκων
Dative Φαίακι Φαιάκοιν Φαίαξιν*
Accusative Φαίακα Φαίακε Φαίακας
Vocative Φαῖαξ Φαίακε Φαίακες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • σοφόσ γ’ ὁ Φαίαξ δεξιῶσ τ’ οὐκ ἀπέθανεν. (Aristotle, Episode 2:5)
  • ἐκ ταύτησ δὲ καὶ Ποσειδῶνοσ ἐγένετο Φαίαξ, ἀφ’ οὗ τοὺσ Φαίακασ συνέβη τυχεῖν ταύτησ τῆσ προσηγορίασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 72 3:2)
  • ἐπιστάτησ δὲ γενόμενοσ τούτων τῶν ἔργων ὁ προσαγορευόμενοσ Φαίαξ διὰ τὴν δόξαν τοῦ κατασκευάσματοσ ἐποίησεν ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ κληθῆναι τοὺσ ὑπονόμουσ φαίακασ. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xi, chapter 25 4:2)

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION