"φερνή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See φερνή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pʰer.nɛ̌ː/, /ɸerˈni/, /ferˈni/, /pʰer.nɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pʰerˈne̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ɸerˈni/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ferˈni/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ferˈni/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) + -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”) Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|φέρω|-νή|t1=bring|t2=a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.}} φέρω (phérō, “bring”) + -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|φερνῆς|f|first|head=φερνή}} φερνή • (phernḗ) f (genitive φερνῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|φερνή|φερνῆς}} Forms: phernḗ [romanization], φερνῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ φερνή [nominative, singular], φερνᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ φερναί [nominative, plural], τῆς φερνῆς [genitive, singular], φερναῖν [dual, genitive], φερνῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ φερνῇ [dative, singular], φερναῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς φερναῖς [dative, plural], τὴν φερνήν [accusative, singular], φερνᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], φερνή [singular, vocative], φερνᾱ́ [dual, vocative], φερναί [plural, vocative], φερνᾱ́ [alternative, Doric], φέρενα [alternative, Aeolic]
  1. that which is brought by the wife, a dowry Derived forms: ἀντίφερνος (antíphernos), ἄφερνος (áphernos), παράφερνα (parápherna), πολύφερνος (polúphernos), φερνάριον (phernárion), φερνίζω (phernízō), φέρνιον (phérnion)

Inflected forms

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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φέρω",
        "3": "-νή",
        "t1": "bring",
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      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) + -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "phernḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ φερνή",
      "roman": "hē phernḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ φερναί",
      "roman": "hai phernaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς φερνῆς",
      "roman": "tês phernês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναῖν",
      "roman": "phernaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνῶν",
      "roman": "phernôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ φερνῇ",
      "roman": "têi phernêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναῖν",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς φερναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs phernaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν φερνήν",
      "roman": "tḕn phernḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s phernā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνή",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναί",
      "roman": "phernaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φέρενα",
      "roman": "phérena",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Aeolic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "φερνῆς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "φερνή"
      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φερνή",
        "2": "φερνῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νή",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Marriage",
          "orig": "grc:Marriage",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "antíphernos",
          "word": "ἀντίφερνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "áphernos",
          "word": "ἄφερνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "parápherna",
          "word": "παράφερνα"
        },
        {
          "roman": "polúphernos",
          "word": "πολύφερνος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "phernárion",
          "word": "φερνάριον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "phernízō",
          "word": "φερνίζω"
        },
        {
          "roman": "phérnion",
          "word": "φέρνιον"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.93"
        },
        {
          "text": "425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 1282"
        },
        {
          "text": "431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 956"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 629"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which is brought by the wife, a dowry"
      ],
      "id": "en-φερνή-grc-noun-C7EwI8lB",
      "links": [
        [
          "dowry",
          "dowry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰer.nɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸerˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰer.nɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰerˈne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸerˈni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "φερνή"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "antíphernos",
      "word": "ἀντίφερνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "áphernos",
      "word": "ἄφερνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "parápherna",
      "word": "παράφερνα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "polúphernos",
      "word": "πολύφερνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phernárion",
      "word": "φερνάριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phernízō",
      "word": "φερνίζω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "phérnion",
      "word": "φέρνιον"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "-νή",
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        "t2": "a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns."
      },
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From φέρω (phérō, “bring”) + -νή (-nḗ, “a suffix added to verbal stems or adjectives to form feminine nouns.”)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "phernḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ φερνή",
      "roman": "hē phernḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ φερναί",
      "roman": "hai phernaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς φερνῆς",
      "roman": "tês phernês",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναῖν",
      "roman": "phernaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνῶν",
      "roman": "phernôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ φερνῇ",
      "roman": "têi phernêi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναῖν",
      "roman": "phernaîn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς φερναῖς",
      "roman": "taîs phernaîs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν φερνήν",
      "roman": "tḕn phernḗn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς φερνᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s phernā́s",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνή",
      "roman": "phernḗ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερναί",
      "roman": "phernaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φερνᾱ́",
      "roman": "phernā́",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "φέρενα",
      "roman": "phérena",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Aeolic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φερνῆς",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "φερνή"
      },
      "expansion": "φερνή • (phernḗ) f (genitive φερνῆς); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "φερνή",
        "2": "φερνῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek nouns",
        "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -νή",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek terms with redundant head parameter",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Marriage"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.93"
        },
        {
          "text": "425 BCE, Euripides, Andromache 1282"
        },
        {
          "text": "431 BCE, Euripides, Medea 956"
        },
        {
          "text": "428 BCE, Euripides, Hippolytus 629"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "that which is brought by the wife, a dowry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dowry",
          "dowry"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰer.nɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸerˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰer.nɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʰerˈne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸerˈni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ferˈni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "φερνή"
}

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