ΦΑΕΘΟΝΤΑ, φαεθοντα
PHAETHONTA, phaethonta
Sounds Like: fah-EH-thon-tah
Translations: Phaethon
From the root: ΦΑΕΘΩΝ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: Phaethon is a figure from Greek mythology, most famously known as the son of Helios (or Apollo), the sun god. He is known for attempting to drive his father's sun chariot across the sky, losing control, and nearly setting the world on fire, leading to his death by Zeus's thunderbolt. This form of the word, ΦΑΕΘΟΝΤΑ, is the accusative singular masculine, indicating that Phaethon is the direct object of a verb in a sentence.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:93
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΑΕΘΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΑΕΘΩΝ — Phaethon
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