1. φερνή · phernē — Beekes
dowry
The corpus record
φερν-ή
pherne
dowry
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Distribution
- Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k
- Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
- Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. φερνή · phernē — Chantraine
1
3. φερνή · phernē — Frisk
statt der Mitgift
4. φερνή · phernē — Frisk
Davon PN Φερνίς f
5. φερν-ή · phern-ē — LSJ
that which is brought by the wife, dowry
Attestations
- φερνάς · phernas Herodotus, Histories 1.93.4 (DIORISIS sentence 681)
- φερνήν · phernēn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 975–979
- φερνάς · phernas Euripides, Ion (DIORISIS sentence 161)
- φερνὰς · phernas Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 898)
- φερνὰς · phernas Euripides, Orestes 1660 (DIORISIS sentence 1144)
- φερνὴν · phernēn Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis (DIORISIS sentence 47)
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