φάλλαινα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
May be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”).[1] See φαλλός (phallós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰál.lai̯.na/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰal.lɛ.na/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸal.lɛ.na/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfal.le.na/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfa.le.na/
Usage notes
Not to be confused with φάλαινᾰ (phálaina, “moth”).
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ φάλλαινᾰ hē phállaina |
αἱ φάλλαιναι hai phállainai | |||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς φαλλαίνης tês phallaínēs |
τῶν φαλλαινῶν tôn phallainôn | |||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ φαλλαίνῃ têi phallaínēi |
ταῖς φαλλαίναις taîs phallaínais | |||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν φάλλαινᾰν tḕn phállainan |
τᾱ̀ς φαλλαίνᾱς tā̀s phallaínās | |||||||||||
| Vocative | φάλλαινᾰ phállaina |
φάλλαιναι phállainai | |||||||||||
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References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 120
Further reading
- φάλλαινα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φάλλαινα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φάλλαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Declension
declension of φάλλαινα
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φάλλαινα • | φάλλαινες • |
| genitive | φάλλαινας • | φαλλαινών • |
| accusative | φάλλαινα • | φάλλαινες • |
| vocative | φάλλαινα • | φάλλαινες • |
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