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”). Hamp had suggested Proto-Indo-European *gʷlep- (“to look”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blé.pʰa.ron/ → /ˈβle.ɸa.ron/ → /ˈvle.fa.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /blé.pʰa.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈble.pʰa.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβle.ɸa.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvle.fa.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvle.fa.ron/

Noun

βλέφᾰρον • (blépharon) n (genitive βλεφάρου); second declension

1. (chiefly in the plural) eyelid

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βλέφᾰρον; τοῦ βλεφᾰ́ρου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of βλέφᾰρον; βλεφᾰ́ρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	βλέφᾰρον blépharon	βλεφᾰ́ρω blephárō	βλέφᾰρᾰ bléphara
Genitive	βλεφᾰ́ρου / βλεφᾰροῖο / βλεφᾰ́ροιο / βλεφᾰρόο / βλεφᾰ́ροο blephárou / blepharoîo / blephároio / blepharóo / blephároo	βλεφᾰ́ροιῐν blephároiin	βλεφᾰ́ρων blephárōn
Dative	βλεφᾰ́ρῳ blephárōi	βλεφᾰ́ροιῐν blephároiin	βλεφᾰ́ροισῐ / βλεφᾰ́ροισῐν / βλεφᾰ́ροις blephároisi(n) / blephárois
Accusative	βλέφᾰρον blépharon	βλεφᾰ́ρω blephárō	βλέφᾰρᾰ bléphara
Vocative	βλέφᾰρον blépharon	βλεφᾰ́ρω blephárō	βλέφᾰρᾰ bléphara
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• βλεφαρίς (blepharís)

Descendants

• Greek: βλέφαρο (vléfaro)
• → Latin: blepharon
• → English: blepharon

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 Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βλέφαρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλέφαρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βλέφαρον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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