Φαῦνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Faunus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰâu̯.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰaw.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.βnos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vnos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.vnos/

Proper noun

Φαῦνος • (Phaûnos) m (genitive Φαύνου); second declension

Faunus
- 95 CE – 165 CE, Appian, Kings 1
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.31.2
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.44.3
- 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 5.16.2
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Numa Pompilius 15
- c. 450 CE – 470 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.186–192:^[1]
  δώδεκα δὲ ξύμπαντας ἐκόσμεον ἡγεμονῆες,
  Σπαργεύς τε Γληνεύς τε χοροίτυπος, ἀλλοφυὴς δὲ
  σύνδρομος Εὐρυβίῳ σταφυληκόμος ἵκετο Κητεύς,
  καὶ Ῥιφόνῳ Πετραῖος ὁμάρτεεν, ἀκροπότης δὲ
  Αἴσακος Ὀρθάων τε συνέστιχον, οἷς μίαν ἄμφω
  Ἀμφίθεμις καὶ Φαῦνος ἐποιήσαντο πορείην,
  εὐκεράῳ δὲ Φάνητι συνέμπορος ἦλθε Νομείων.
  dṓdeka dè xúmpantas ekósmeon hēgemonêes,
  Spargeús te Glēneús te khoroítupos, allophuḕs dè
  súndromos Eurubíōi staphulēkómos híketo Kēteús,
  kaì Rhiphónōi Petraîos homárteen, akropótēs dè
  Aísakos Ortháōn te sunéstikhon, hoîs mían ámphō
  Amphíthemis kaì Phaûnos epoiḗsanto poreíēn,
  eukeráōi dè Phánēti sunémporos êlthe Nomeíōn.
  1940 translation by William Henry Denham Rouse^[2]
  Twelve captains commanded them all: Spargeus and Gleneus the dancer, and beside Eurybios the strange figure of Ceteus the vinedresser; Petraios with Rhiphonos, Aisacos the deep drinker and Orthaon, with whom marched both Amphithemis and Phaunos, and Nomeion side by side with wellhorned Phanes.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Φαῦνος; τοῦ Φαύνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Φαῦνος ho Phaûnos
Genitive	τοῦ Φαύνου toû Phaúnou
Dative	τῷ Φαύνῳ tōî Phaúnōi
Accusative	τὸν Φαῦνον tòn Phaûnon
Vocative	Φαῦνε Phaûne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: Φαύνος (Fávnos), φαύνος (fávnos, “faun”)

References

Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[3], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,010