φόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰónos, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Related to θείνω (theínō, “to strike”) and ἔπεφνον (épephnon, “to slay”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φόνος • (phónos) m (genitive φόνου); second declension

  1. murder, slaughter
  2. (law) murder, homicide

Declension
Second declension of ὁ φόνος; τοῦ φόνου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φόνος
ho phónos		 τὼ φόνω
tṑ phónō		 οἱ φόνοι
hoi phónoi
Genitive τοῦ φόνου
toû phónou		 τοῖν φόνοιν
toîn phónoin		 τῶν φόνων
tôn phónōn
Dative τῷ φόνῳ
tôi phónōi		 τοῖν φόνοιν
toîn phónoin		 τοῖς φόνοις
toîs phónois
Accusative τὸν φόνον
tòn phónon		 τὼ φόνω
tṑ phónō		 τοὺς φόνους
toùs phónous
Vocative φόνε
phóne		 φόνω
phónō		 φόνοι
phónoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: φόνος (fónos)

Further reading
  • “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “φόνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “φόνος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • “φόνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φόνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly, from Ancient Greek φόνος (phónos),[1] which is cognate to Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō). See there for further cognates.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfo.nos/
  • Hyphenation: φό‧νος

Noun

φόνος • (fónos) m (plural φόνοι)

  1. murder

Declension
declension of φόνος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φόνος • φόνοι •
genitive φόνου • φόνων •
accusative φόνο • φόνους •
vocative φόνε • φόνοι •

Synonyms

References
  1. φόνος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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