φήνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φίνις (phínis)

Etymology

The presence of an alternative form leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φήνη • (phḗnē) f (genitive φήνης); first declension

  1. lammergeier, ossifrage (Gypaetus barbatus)
    Synonym: ὀστοκατεάκτης (ostokateáktēs)

Inflection

References

  • φήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φήνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φήνη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φήνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φήνη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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