Φαίνων

See also: φαίνων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Use as a proper noun of the masculine forms of φαίνων (phaínōn, “shining”), the present active participle of φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Φαίνων • (Phaínōn) m (genitive Φαίνοντος); third declension

  1. the planet Saturn (literally “the shiner”)

Declension
Third declension of ὁ Φαίνων; τοῦ Φαίνοντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φαίνων
ho Phaínōn
Genitive τοῦ Φαίνοντος
toû Phaínontos
Dative τῷ Φαίνοντῐ
tôi Phaínonti
Accusative τὸν Φαίνοντᾰ
tòn Phaínonta
Vocative Φαῖνον
Phaînon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References
  • Φαίνων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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