φαλαρίς

φαλαρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φαληρίς (phalērís) – Ionic

Etymology

From φάλαρος (phálaros, “having a patch of white”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.laː.rís/ → /ɸa.laˈris/ → /fa.laˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.laˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.laˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.laˈris/

Noun

φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς • (phalārís) f (genitive φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος); third declension

1. coot (Fulica atra)
2. canary grass (Phalaris aquatica)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς; τῆς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς hē phalārís	τὼ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε tṑ phalāríde	αἱ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δες hai phalārídes
Genitive	τῆς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος tês phalārídos	τοῖν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δοιν toîn phalārídoin	τῶν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δων tôn phalārídōn
Dative	τῇ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δῐ têi phalārídi	τοῖν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δοιν toîn phalārídoin	ταῖς φᾰλᾱρῐ́σῐ / φᾰλᾱρῐ́σῐν taîs phalārísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δᾰ tḕn phalārída	τὼ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε tṑ phalāríde	τᾱ̀ς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s phalārídas
Vocative	φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς phalārís	φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε phalāríde	φᾰλᾱρῐ́δες phalārídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: φαλαρίδα (falarída)
• → Translingual: Phalaris

References

• φαλαρίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φαλαρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette