φοξῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φοξός (phoxós, “sharp, pointed”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φοξῖνος • (phoxînos) m (genitive φοξῑ́νου); second declension

  1. type of fish, perhaps the minnow
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.13.3:
      Δηλοῦσι δ’ ἔνιοι τῶν ποταμίων· εὐθὺς γὰρ γεννώμενοι ὡς εἰπεῖν καὶ μικροὶ ὄντες οἱ φοξῖνοι κυήματ’ ἔχουσιν.
      Dēloûsi d’ énioi tôn potamíōn; euthùs gàr gennṓmenoi hōs eipeîn kaì mikroì óntes hoi phoxînoi kuḗmat’ ékhousin.
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 6.14.2:
      Τίκτουσι δ’ ἐν ταῖς προλιμνάσι τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ τῶν λιμνῶν πρὸς τὰ καλαμώδη, οἷον οἵ τε φοξῖνοι καὶ αἱ πέρκαι.
      Tíktousi d’ en taîs prolimnási tôn potamôn kaì tôn limnôn pròs tà kalamṓdē, hoîon hoí te phoxînoi kaì hai pérkai.
    • 400 BCE – 300 BCE, Mnesimachus, Philippus 1.33

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ φοξῖνος; τοῦ φοξῑ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φοξῖνος
ho phoxînos		 τὼ φοξῑ́νω
tṑ phoxī́nō		 οἱ φοξῖνοι
hoi phoxînoi
Genitive τοῦ φοξῑ́νου
toû phoxī́nou		 τοῖν φοξῑ́νοιν
toîn phoxī́noin		 τῶν φοξῑ́νων
tôn phoxī́nōn
Dative τῷ φοξῑ́νῳ
tôi phoxī́nōi		 τοῖν φοξῑ́νοιν
toîn phoxī́noin		 τοῖς φοξῑ́νοις
toîs phoxī́nois
Accusative τὸν φοξῖνον
tòn phoxînon		 τὼ φοξῑ́νω
tṑ phoxī́nō		 τοὺς φοξῑ́νους
toùs phoxī́nous
Vocative φοξῖνε
phoxîne		 φοξῑ́νω
phoxī́nō		 φοξῖνοι
phoxînoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Translingual: Phoxinus

Further reading
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