βλέφαρον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γλέφαρον (glépharon) – Doric
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin and cognate with βλέπω (blépō, “to see, to perceive”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /blé.pʰa.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈblɛ.pʰa.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβle.ɸa.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvle.fa.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvle.fa.ron/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βλέφᾰρον tò blépharon |
τὼ βλεφᾰ́ρω tṑ blephárō |
τᾰ̀ βλέφᾰρᾰ tà bléphara | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βλεφᾰ́ρου toû blephárou |
τοῖν βλεφᾰ́ροιν toîn blephároin |
τῶν βλεφᾰ́ρων tôn blephárōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βλεφᾰ́ρῳ tôi blephárōi |
τοῖν βλεφᾰ́ροιν toîn blephároin |
τοῖς βλεφᾰ́ροις toîs blephárois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βλέφᾰρον tò blépharon |
τὼ βλεφᾰ́ρω tṑ blephárō |
τᾰ̀ βλέφᾰρᾰ tà bléphara | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βλέφᾰρον blépharon |
βλεφᾰ́ρω blephárō |
βλέφᾰρᾰ bléphara | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βλεφαρίς (blepharís)
Further reading
- βλέφαρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βλέφαρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βλέφαρον 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
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