φλήναφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin in view of its connection with φλέδων (phlédōn, “babbler”), which shows nasalization. Other words belong to this group, like φληνύω (phlēnúō, “to babble”) and φλανύσσει (phlanússei, “to talk nonsense”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlɛ̌ː.na.pʰos/ → /ˈɸli.na.ɸos/ → /ˈfli.na.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlɛ̌ː.na.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰle̝.na.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸli.na.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/

Noun

φλήνᾰφος • (phlḗnaphos) m (genitive φληνᾰ́φου); second declension

1. idle talk, nonsense

   Synonyms: ὕθλος (húthlos), φλῠ́ᾱρος (phlúāros)

2. babbler, chatterbox

   Synonym: φλέδων (phlédōn)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλήνᾰφος; τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλήνᾰφος ho phlḗnaphos	τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnáphō	οἱ φλήνᾰφοι hoi phlḗnaphoi
Genitive	τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου toû phlēnáphou	τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnáphoin	τῶν φληνᾰ́φων tôn phlēnáphōn
Dative	τῷ φληνᾰ́φῳ tôi phlēnáphōi	τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnáphoin	τοῖς φληνᾰ́φοις toîs phlēnáphois
Accusative	τὸν φλήνᾰφον tòn phlḗnaphon	τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnáphō	τοὺς φληνᾰ́φους toùs phlēnáphous
Vocative	φλήνᾰφε phlḗnaphe	φληνᾰ́φω phlēnáphō	φλήνᾰφοι phlḗnaphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φληνᾰ́φημᾰ (phlēnáphēma)
• φληνᾰφώδης (phlēnaphṓdēs)
• φληνᾰφᾰ́ω (phlēnapháō)
• φληνᾰφῐ́ᾱ (phlēnaphíā)

 

Further reading

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