φαγέδαινα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from ἔφαγον (éphagon, “devour, consume”) +‎ -αινα (-aina).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φᾰγέδαινᾰ • (phagédaina) f (genitive φᾰγέδαίνης); first declension

  1. canker, cancerous sore
  2. disease of bees

Inflection
First declension of ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ; τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φᾰγέδαινᾰ
hē phagédaina		 τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
tṑ phagedaínā		 αἱ φᾰγέδαιναι
hai phagédainai
Genitive τῆς φᾰγεδαίνης
tês phagedaínēs		 τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν
toîn phagedaínain		 τῶν φᾰγεδαινῶν
tôn phagedainôn
Dative τῇ φᾰγεδαίνῃ
têi phagedaínēi		 τοῖν φᾰγεδαίναιν
toîn phagedaínain		 ταῖς φᾰγεδαίναις
taîs phagedaínais
Accusative τὴν φᾰγέδαινᾰν
tḕn phagédainan		 τὼ φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
tṑ phagedaínā		 τᾱ̀ς φᾰγεδαίνᾱς
tā̀s phagedaínās
Vocative φᾰγέδαινᾰ
phagédaina		 φᾰγεδαίνᾱ
phagedaínā		 φᾰγέδαιναι
phagédainai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • φαγεδαινικός (phagedainikós)
  • φαγεδαινόομαι (phagedainóomai)
  • φαγεδαίνωμα (phagedaínōma)

Descendants
  • → Latin: phagedaena

Further reading
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