Φειδίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φείδομαι (pheídomai, “I spare”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Φειδῐ́ᾱς • (Pheidíās) m (genitive Φειδῐ́ου); first declension

  1. a male given name: Pheidias; Phidias
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE Greek sculptor and architect Phidias

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Φειδῐ́ᾱς
ho Pheidíās
Genitive τοῦ Φειδῐ́ου
toû Pheidíou
Dative τῷ Φειδῐ́ᾳ
tôi Pheidíāi
Accusative τὸν Φειδῐ́ᾱν
tòn Pheidíān
Vocative Φειδῐ́ᾱ
Pheidíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Φειδιακός (Pheidiakós)

Descendants
  • Greek: Φειδίας (Feidías)
  • Latin: Phidias

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
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