φοξῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰok.sîː.nos/ → /ɸokˈsi.nos/ → /fokˈsi.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰok.sîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰokˈsi.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸokˈsi.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fokˈsi.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fokˈsi.nos/

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

• “φοξῖνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φοξῖνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette