Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology Scripts Φινεύς(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /pʰiː.něu̯s/(Classical Greek) Meaning & History Meaning uncertain, possibly from Greek φίνις (phinis), a variant of φήνη (phene) meaning "vulture". According to Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Thrace visited by Jason and the Argonauts.