φλήναφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin in view of its connection with φλέδων (phlédōn, “babbler”), which shows nasalization. Other words belong to this group, like φληνύω (phlēnúō, “to babble”) and φλανύσσει (phlanússei, “to talk nonsense”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰlɛ̌ː.na.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰle̝.na.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸli.na.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/
Noun
φλήνᾰφος • (phlḗnaphos) m (genitive φληνᾰ́φου); second declension
- idle talk, nonsense
- Synonyms: ὕθλος (húthlos), φλῠ́ᾱρος (phlúāros)
- babbler, chatterbox
- Synonym: φλέδων (phlédōn)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ φλήνᾰφος; τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φλήνᾰφος ho phlḗnaphos | τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnáphō | οἱ φλήνᾰφοι hoi phlḗnaphoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου toû phlēnáphou | τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnáphoin | τῶν φληνᾰ́φων tôn phlēnáphōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φληνᾰ́φῳ tôi phlēnáphōi | τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnáphoin | τοῖς φληνᾰ́φοις toîs phlēnáphois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φλήνᾰφον tòn phlḗnaphon | τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnáphō | τοὺς φληνᾰ́φους toùs phlēnáphous | ||||||||||
Vocative | φλήνᾰφε phlḗnaphe | φληνᾰ́φω phlēnáphō | φλήνᾰφοι phlḗnaphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φληνᾰφᾰ́ω (phlēnapháō)
- φληνᾰ́φημᾰ (phlēnáphēma)
- φληνᾰφῐ́ᾱ (phlēnaphíā)
- φληνᾰφώδης (phlēnaphṓdēs)
Further reading
- “φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φλήναφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN