φασσοφόνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φᾰ́σσᾰ (phắssă, “dove”) +‎ φόνος (phónos, “murder; slaughter”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰas.so.pʰó.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰas.soˈpʰo.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸas.soˈɸo.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fas.soˈfo.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.soˈfo.nos/

Adjective

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phăssophónos) m or f (neuter φᾰσσοφόνον); second declension

dove-killing

Declension

Second declension of φᾰσσοφόνος; φᾰσσοφόνον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φᾰσσοφόνος phăssophónos		φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi		φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Genitive	φᾰσσοφόνου phăssophónou		φᾰσσοφόνου phăssophónou	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνων phăssophónōn		φᾰσσοφόνων phăssophónōn
Dative	φᾰσσοφόνῳ phăssophónōi		φᾰσσοφόνῳ phăssophónōi	φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin		φᾰσσοφόνοιν phăssophónoin	φᾰσσοφόνοις phăssophónois		φᾰσσοφόνοις phăssophónois
Accusative	φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon		φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνους phăssophónous		φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Vocative	φᾰσσοφόνε phăssophóne		φᾰσσοφόνον phăssophónon	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō		φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi		φᾰσσοφόνᾰ phăssophónă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φᾰσσοφόνως phăssophónōs			φᾰσσοφονώτερος phăssophonṓteros			φᾰσσοφονώτᾰτος phăssophonṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

φᾰσσοφόνος • (phăssophónos) m (genitive φᾰσσοφόνου); second declension

kind of hawk; perhaps the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Synonym: φᾰβοκτόνος (phăboktónos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος; τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰσσοφόνος ho phăssophónos	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phăssophónō	οἱ φᾰσσοφόνοι hoi phăssophónoi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰσσοφόνου toû phăssophónou	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phăssophónoin	τῶν φᾰσσοφόνων tôn phăssophónōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰσσοφόνῳ tōî phăssophónōi	τοῖν φᾰσσοφόνοιν toîn phăssophónoin	τοῖς φᾰσσοφόνοις toîs phăssophónois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰσσοφόνον tòn phăssophónon	τὼ φᾰσσοφόνω tṑ phăssophónō	τοὺς φᾰσσοφόνους toùs phăssophónous
Vocative	φᾰσσοφόνε phăssophóne	φᾰσσοφόνω phăssophónō	φᾰσσοφόνοι phăssophónoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

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