φωνή
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂neh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”), from which comes φημί (phēmí, “to say, speak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔː.nɛ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰoˈne/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸoˈni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /foˈni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /foˈni/
Noun
φωνή • (phōnḗ) f (genitive φωνῆς); first declension
- sound
- Usually of the human voice: voice cry, yell
- The voice or cry of animals
- Any articulate sound (especially vowels)
- speech, discourse
- language
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φωνή hē phōnḗ |
τὼ φωνᾱ́ tṑ phōnā́ |
αἱ φωναί hai phōnaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φωνῆς tês phōnês |
τοῖν φωναῖν toîn phōnaîn |
τῶν φωνῶν tôn phōnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φωνῇ têi phōnêi |
τοῖν φωναῖν toîn phōnaîn |
ταῖς φωναῖς taîs phōnaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φωνήν tḕn phōnḗn |
τὼ φωνᾱ́ tṑ phōnā́ |
τᾱ̀ς φωνᾱ́ς tā̀s phōnā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φωνή phōnḗ |
φωνᾱ́ phōnā́ |
φωναί phōnaí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: φωνή (foní)
Further reading
- φωνή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φωνή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φωνή in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- φωνή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- φωνή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G5456 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foˈni/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
φωνή • (foní) f (plural φωνές)
- voice, sound
- (music) voice, note
- (grammar, linguistics) voice
- ενεργητική φωνή ― energitikí foní ― active voice
- παθητική φωνή ― pathitikí foní ― passive voice
- μέση φωνή ― mési foní ― middle voice
- μεσοπαθητική φωνή ― mesopathitikí foní ― mediopassive voice
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Declension
Derived terms
- φωνάρα f (fonára) (augmentative)
- φωνίτσα f (fonítsa) (diminutive)
- φωνούλα f (fonoúla) (diminutive)
- ενεργητική φωνή f (energitikí foní, “active voice”)
- κατά φωνή κι ο γάιδαρος (katá foní ki o gáidaros, “talk of the devil”) (literally: "by voice, here's the donkey")
Related terms
- φωνήεν n (foníen, “vowel”)
- φωνηεντικός (fonientikós, “vowel related”) (adjective)
- φωνηεντισμός m (fonientismós, “vocalisation”)
- φωνηεντόληκτος (fonientóliktos, “thematic”) (adjective)
- φώνημα n (fónima, “phoneme”)
- φωνητική f (fonitikí, “phonetics”)
- φωνητικό αλφάβητο n (fonitikó alfávito, “phonetic alphabet”)
- φωνογράφος m (fonográfos, “phonograph”)
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