φειδώ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
φείδεσθαι (pheídesthai, “to spare”) + -ώ (-ṓ, feminine noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰeː.dɔ̌ː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰiˈdo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸiˈðo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fiˈðo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈðo/
Noun
φειδώ • (pheidṓ) f (genitive φειδοῦς); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φειδώ hē pheidṓ |
τὼ φειδώ tṑ pheidṓ |
αἱ φειδοί hai pheidoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φειδοῦς tês pheidoûs |
τοῖν φειδοῖν toîn pheidoîn |
τῶν φειδῶν tôn pheidôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φειδοῖ tēî pheidoî |
τοῖν φειδοῖν toîn pheidoîn |
ταῖς φειδοῖς taîs pheidoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φειδώ tḕn pheidṓ |
τὼ φειδώ tṑ pheidṓ |
τᾱ̀ς φειδούς tā̀s pheidoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φειδοῖ pheidoî |
φειδώ pheidṓ |
φειδοί pheidoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Greek: φειδώ (feidó) (learned)
References
- “φειδώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φειδώ (pheidṓ).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈðo/
- Hyphenation: φει‧δώ
Noun
φειδώ • (feidó) f (uncountable)
- thriftiness, frugality, parsimony
- με φειδώ ― me feidó ― sparingly, thriftily, frugally, parsimoniously
- χωρίς φειδώ ― chorís feidó ― unsparingly, extravagantly
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | φειδώ (feidó) |
| genitive | φειδούς (feidoús) φειδώς (feidós) |
| accusative | φειδώ (feidó) |
| vocative | φειδώ (feidó) |
References
- ^ φειδώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language