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φθόγγος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φθόγγος φθόγγου

Structure: φθογγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a sound or voice

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φθόγγος φθόγγω φθόγγοι
Genitive φθόγγου φθόγγοιν φθόγγων
Dative φθόγγῳ φθόγγοιν φθόγγοις
Accusative φθόγγον φθόγγω φθόγγους
Vocative φθόγγε φθόγγω φθόγγοι

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

  • εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγοσ αὐτῶν καὶ εἰσ τὰ πέρατα τῆσ οἰκουμένησ τὰ ῥήματα αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 18:5)
  • ἦ φίλιοσ φθόγγοσ· (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests7)
  • εἴ μοι γένοιτο φθόγγοσ ἐν βραχίοσι καὶ χερσὶ καὶ κόμαισι καὶ ποδῶν βάσει ἢ Δαιδάλου τέχναισιν ἢ θεῶν τινοσ, ὡσ πάνθ’ ὁμαρτῇ σῶν ἔχοιντο γουνάτων κλαίοντ’, ἐπισκήπτοντα παντοίουσ λόγουσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 5:10)
  • ὦ φίλτατ’, εἴ τισ φθόγγοσ εἰσακούεται θνητῶν παρ’ Αἵδῃ, σοὶ τάδ’, Ἡράκλεισ, λέγω· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:25)
  • οὔκουν φθόγγοσ γ’ οὔτ’ ὀρνίθων οὔτε θαλάσσησ· (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests9)

Synonyms

  1. a sound or voice

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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