φαλάγγιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάλαγξ (phálanx, “phalanx, battle array”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.láŋ.ɡi.on/ → /ɸaˈlaɲ.ɟi.on/ → /faˈlaɲ.ɟi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.láŋ.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰaˈlaŋ.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸaˈlaɲ.ɟi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /faˈlaɲ.ɟi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /faˈlaɲ.ɟi.on/

Noun

φᾰλᾰ́γγῐον • (phalángion) n (genitive φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ου); second declension

1. European black widow, malmignatte (Latrodectus tredecimguttatus)

   Synonym: ῥάξ (rháx)

2. spiderwort (Gagea graeca)
3. log or roller put under a ship

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φᾰλᾰ́γγῐον; τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰλᾰ́γγῐον tò phalángion	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ω tṑ phalangíō	τᾰ̀ φᾰλᾰ́γγῐᾰ tà phalángia
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ου toû phalangíou	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῐ́οιν toîn phalangíoin	τῶν φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ων tôn phalangíōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ῳ tôi phalangíōi	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῐ́οιν toîn phalangíoin	τοῖς φᾰλᾰγγῐ́οις toîs phalangíois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰλᾰ́γγῐον tò phalángion	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ω tṑ phalangíō	τᾰ̀ φᾰλᾰ́γγῐᾰ tà phalángia
Vocative	φᾰλᾰ́γγῐον phalángion	φᾰλᾰγγῐ́ω phalangíō	φᾰλᾰ́γγῐᾰ phalángia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φαλαγγιάω (phalangiáō)
• φαλαγγιόδηκτος (phalangiódēktos)
• φαλαγγιόπληκτος (phalangióplēktos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: σφαλάγγι (sfalángi)
• → Latin: phalangium
• → Translingual: Phalangium

Further reading

• “φαλάγγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φαλάγγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φαλάγγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette