φαλός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognates include Sanskrit भाल (bhāla, “splendour”), Old Armenian բալ (bal, “fog”) and Old English bǣl (English bale).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰa.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰaˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸaˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /faˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /faˈlos/
Adjective
φᾰλός • (phalós) m (feminine φᾰλή, neuter φᾰλόν); first/second declension
- (hapax legomenon) white
Inflection
First and second declension of φᾰλός; φᾰλή; φᾰλόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φᾰλός phalós | φᾰλή phalḗ | φᾰλόν phalón | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλᾱ́ phalā́ | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλοί phaloí | φᾰλαί phalaí | φᾰλᾰ́ phalá | |||||
Genitive | φᾰλοῦ phaloû | φᾰλῆς phalês | φᾰλοῦ phaloû | φᾰλοῖν phaloîn | φᾰλαῖν phalaîn | φᾰλοῖν phaloîn | φᾰλῶν phalôn | φᾰλῶν phalôn | φᾰλῶν phalôn | |||||
Dative | φᾰλῷ phalôi | φᾰλῇ phalêi | φᾰλῷ phalôi | φᾰλοῖν phaloîn | φᾰλαῖν phalaîn | φᾰλοῖν phaloîn | φᾰλοῖς phaloîs | φᾰλαῖς phalaîs | φᾰλοῖς phaloîs | |||||
Accusative | φᾰλόν phalón | φᾰλήν phalḗn | φᾰλόν phalón | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλᾱ́ phalā́ | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλούς phaloús | φᾰλᾱ́ς phalā́s | φᾰλᾰ́ phalá | |||||
Vocative | φᾰλέ phalé | φᾰλή phalḗ | φᾰλόν phalón | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλᾱ́ phalā́ | φᾰλώ phalṓ | φᾰλοί phaloí | φᾰλαί phalaí | φᾰλᾰ́ phalá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φᾰλῶς phalôs | φᾰλώτερος phalṓteros | φᾰλώτᾰτος phalṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- φαλός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φαλός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φαλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette