φύλλον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃-yom, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (leaf, blossom, flower). Cognates include Latin folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ), and English blossom.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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φῠ́λλον (phúllonn (genitive φῠ́λλου); second declension

  1. leaf
  2. (in the plural) foliage
  3. plant
  4. (poetic phrase, φύλλον ἐλαίας (phúllon elaías)) olive tree
    • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 700–701:
      Χορός   [] ὃ τᾷδε θάλλει μέγιστα χώρᾳ,
      γλαυκᾶς παιδοτρόφου φύλλον ἐλαίας
      Khorós   [] hò tâide thállei mégista khṓrāi,
      glaukâs paidotróphou phúllon elaías
      Chorus: [a plant] that flourishes greatly in this land,
      the leaf of the child-nourishing gray olive tree

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φύλλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1596-7

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