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φανή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φανή

Structure: φαν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: v. fa/w

Sense

  1. a torch: - a torch-procession

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φανή φανᾱ́ φαναί
Genitive φανῆς φαναῖν φανῶν
Dative φανῇ φαναῖν φαναῖς
Accusative φανήν φανᾱ́ φανᾱ́ς
Vocative φανή φανᾱ́ φαναί

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

  • χλαῖναν δ’ ἔχων φανὴν δίει κοὐ ξυντυχών σ’ Ὑπέρβολοσ δικῶν ἀναπλήσει· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Choral, strophe 22)
  • βραδεῖαν ἡμᾶσ ἆρ’ ὁ τήνδε τὴν ὁδὸν πέμπων ἔπεμψεν ἢ ’φάνην ἐγὼ βραδύσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode11)
  • εἰ δ’ αὖ φανεὶσ δύστηνοσ, ὡσ ἐγὼ ’φάνην, ἐσ χεῖρασ ἦλθον πατρὶ καὶ κατέκτανον, μηδὲν ξυνιεὶσ ὧν ἔδρων εἰσ οὕσ τ’ ἔδρων, πῶσ ἂν τό γ’ ἆκον πρᾶγμ’ ἂν εἰκότωσ ψέγοισ; (Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, episode 6:6)

Synonyms

  1. a torch

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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