φύλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel. Cognates include Latin folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ) and English blossom.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰýl̚lon/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰýl̚lon/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸýl̚lon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fýl̚lon/

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

Noun

φύλλον (genitive φύλλου) n, second declension; (phullon)

1. leaf
2. (in the plural) foliage
3. plant

Inflection

Second declension of φύλλον, φύλλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φύλλον	φύλλω	φύλλᾰ
Genitive	φύλλου	φύλλοιν	φύλλων
Dative	φύλλῳ	φύλλοιν	φύλλοις
Accusative	φύλλον	φύλλω	φύλλᾰ
Vocative	φύλλον	φύλλω	φύλλᾰ

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G5444

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Greek

Noun

φύλλον (fýllon) n

1. leaf

See also

• φύλλο (fýllo)