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φαναῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φαναῖος φαναῖη φαναῖον

Structure: φαναι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fanh/

Sense

  1. giving or bringing light

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative φαναῖος φαναίᾱ φαναῖον
Genitive φαναίου φαναίᾱς φαναίου
Dative φαναίῳ φαναίᾱͅ φαναίῳ
Accusative φαναῖον φαναίᾱν φαναῖον
Vocative φαναῖε φαναίᾱ φαναῖον
DualN/A/V φαναίω φαναίᾱ φαναίω
G/D φαναίοιν φαναίαιν φαναίοιν
PluralNominative φαναῖοι φαναῖαι φαναῖα
Genitive φαναίων φαναιῶν φαναίων
Dative φαναίοις φαναίαις φαναίοις
Accusative φαναίους φαναίᾱς φαναῖα
Vocative φαναῖοι φαναῖαι φαναῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective φαναῖος φαναίου φαναιώτερος φαναιωτέρου φαναιώτατος φαναιωτάτου
Adverb φαναίως φαναιώτερον φαναιώτατα

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

  • σύ μοι Ζεὺσ ὁ φαναῖοσ ἥκεισ διφρεύων βαλιαῖσι πώλοισ. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, antistrophe 12)
  • Δήλιοσ δὲ καὶ Φαναῖοσ οἷσ ἤδη τι δηλοῦται καὶ ὑποφαίνεται τῆσ ἀληθείασ· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 2 1:1)
  • "καὶ ὁ μὲν Θεώριοσ καὶ Φαναῖοσ, ὁ δὲ νυκτὸσ ἀιδνᾶσ ἀεργηλοῖὸ θ’ Ὕπνου κοίρανοσ· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 2110)

Synonyms

  1. giving or bringing light

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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