φάλαγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare Latin sufflamen and Old High German balcho.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰálaŋkʰs/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰálaŋkʰs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸálaŋxs/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fálaŋks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /fálaŋks/

Wikipedia

Noun

φάλαγξ (genitive φάλαγγος) f, third declension; (phalanks)

1. battle order, array
2. line or rank of an army
3. phalanx: a clustered mass of infantry
4. main body, center (as opposed to the periphery)
5. round piece of wood: trunk, log
6. (plural) rollers (Latin: palangae)
7. the beam of a balance
8. the bone between two joints of a finger or toe
9. spider

Inflection

Third declension of φάλαγξ, φάλαγγος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φάλαγξ	φάλαγγε	φάλαγγες
Genitive	φάλαγγος	φαλάγγοιν	φαλάγγων
Dative	φάλαγγῐ	φαλάγγοιν	φάλαγγῐ(ν)
Accusative	φάλαγγᾰ	φάλαγγε	φάλαγγᾰς
Vocative	φάλαγξ	φάλαγγε	φάλαγγες

Descendants

• Latin: phalanga
• Russian: фала́нга (falánga)

References

• LSJ