φήληξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
An evident Pre-Greek word in -ηξ like πήληξ (pḗlēx), τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). It might have been folk-etymologically adapted to φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.lɛːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰe̝.le̝ks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸi.liks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfi.liks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.liks/
Noun
φήληξ • (phḗlēx) m (genitive φήληκος); third declension
- wild fig
- Synonym: οἶδαξ (oîdax)
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ φήληξ; τοῦ φήληκος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φήληξ ho phḗlēx | τὼ φήληκε tṑ phḗlēke | οἱ φήληκες hoi phḗlēkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φήληκος toû phḗlēkos | τοῖν φηλήκοιν toîn phēlḗkoin | τῶν φηλήκων tôn phēlḗkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φήληκῐ tôi phḗlēki | τοῖν φηλήκοιν toîn phēlḗkoin | τοῖς φήληξῐ / φήληξῐν toîs phḗlēxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φήληκᾰ tòn phḗlēka | τὼ φήληκε tṑ phḗlēke | τοὺς φήληκᾰς toùs phḗlēkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | φήληξ phḗlēx | φήληκε phḗlēke | φήληκες phḗlēkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φηληκόθρεπτος (phēlēkóthreptos)
Further reading
- “φήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φήληξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1566