φθόγγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominal form of the verb φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai, “to utter a sound, raise one's voice”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰtʰóŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈɸθoŋ.ɡos/ → /ˈfθoŋ.ɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰtʰóŋ.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰoŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸθoŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfθoŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfθoŋ.ɡos/

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Noun

φθόγγος • (phthóngos) m (genitive φθόγγου); second declension

1. a sound or voice

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φθόγγος; τοῦ φθόγγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φθόγγος ho phthóngos	τὼ φθόγγω tṑ phthóngō	οἱ φθόγγοι hoi phthóngoi
Genitive	τοῦ φθόγγου toû phthóngou	τοῖν φθόγγοιν toîn phthóngoin	τῶν φθόγγων tôn phthóngōn
Dative	τῷ φθόγγῳ tôi phthóngōi	τοῖν φθόγγοιν toîn phthóngoin	τοῖς φθόγγοις toîs phthóngois
Accusative	τὸν φθόγγον tòn phthóngon	τὼ φθόγγω tṑ phthóngō	τοὺς φθόγγους toùs phthóngous
Vocative	φθόγγε phthónge	φθόγγω phthóngō	φθόγγοι phthóngoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄφθογγος (áphthongos)
• γλυκύφθογγος (glukúphthongos)
• δίφθογγος (díphthongos)
• λιγύφθογγος (ligúphthongos)
• μονόφθογγος (monóphthongos)
• τρίφθογγος (tríphthongos)
• ὑγρόφθογγος (hugróphthongos)
• φθογγάριον (phthongárion)

 

Related terms

• φθογγή (phthongḗ) (poetic)

Descendants

• → Latin: phthongus

Further reading

• “φθόγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φθόγγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φθόγγος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φθόγγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φθόγγος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5353 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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