Ancient Greek

Noun

Φωτεινός • ‎(Phōteinós) m ‎(genitive Φωτεινοῦ); second declension

1. A male given name: Photinus

Inflection

Descendants

• Latin: Phōtīnus
  • English: Photinus

Ancient Greek

Adjective

φωτεινός • ‎(phōteinós) m ‎(feminine φωτεινή, neuter φωτεινόν); first/second declension (Attic, Koine)

1. shining, bright (of the sun, sky)
2. (figuratively) clear, distinct
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of Luke 11.34

     ὅταν ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου ἁπλοῦς ᾖ, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμά σου φωτεινόν ἐστιν.

     When your eye is truthful, then your whole body is clear.

Inflection

Derived terms

• Φωτεινός ‎(Phōteinós)

References

• φωτεινός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φωτεινός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “G5460”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek φωτεινός ‎(phōteinós, “shining, bright”)

Adjective

φωτεινός • ‎(foteinós) m ‎(feminine φωτεινή, neuter φωτεινό)

1. bright, illuminated, light, luminous

Declension

Derived terms

• φωτεινή ροή f ‎(foteiní roí, “luminous flux”)

Related terms

• see: φως n ‎(fos, “light”)