φενάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φένᾱξ (phénāx, “impostor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰe.nǎː.kɛː/ → /ɸeˈna.ci/ → /feˈna.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰe.nǎː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰeˈna.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸeˈna.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /feˈna.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /feˈna.ci/

Noun

φενᾱ́κη • (phenā́kē) f (genitive φενᾱ́κης); first declension

1. false hair, wig

   Synonym: πηνήκη (pēnḗkē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φενᾱ́κη; τῆς φενᾱ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φενᾱ́κη hē phenā́kē	τὼ φενᾱ́κᾱ tṑ phenā́kā	αἱ φενᾶκαι hai phenâkai
Genitive	τῆς φενᾱ́κης tês phenā́kēs	τοῖν φενᾱ́καιν toîn phenā́kain	τῶν φενᾱκῶν tôn phenākôn
Dative	τῇ φενᾱ́κῃ têi phenā́kēi	τοῖν φενᾱ́καιν toîn phenā́kain	ταῖς φενᾱ́καις taîs phenā́kais
Accusative	τὴν φενᾱ́κην tḕn phenā́kēn	τὼ φενᾱ́κᾱ tṑ phenā́kā	τᾱ̀ς φενᾱ́κᾱς tā̀s phenā́kās
Vocative	φενᾱ́κη phenā́kē	φενᾱ́κᾱ phenā́kā	φενᾶκαι phenâkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φενάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φενάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φενάκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette