φῆλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φηλός (phēlós)

Etymology

The word has been connected with Latin fallō (“I deceive”) and with ἀποφώλιος (apophṓlios, “ignorant”). According to Beekes, the adjective is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.los/ → /ˈɸi.los/ → /ˈfi.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̂ː.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe̝.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.los/

Adjective

φῆλος • (phêlos) m (feminine φήλη, neuter φῆλον); first/second declension

1. deceitful

Inflection

First and second declension of φῆλος; φήλη; φῆλον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φῆλος phêlos	φήλη phḗlē	φῆλον phêlon		φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō		φῆλοι phêloi	φῆλαι phêlai	φῆλᾰ phêla
Genitive		φήλου phḗlou	φήλης phḗlēs	φήλου phḗlou		φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλαιν phḗlain	φήλοιν phḗloin		φήλων phḗlōn	φήλων phḗlōn	φήλων phḗlōn
Dative		φήλῳ phḗlōi	φήλῃ phḗlēi	φήλῳ phḗlōi		φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλαιν phḗlain	φήλοιν phḗloin		φήλοις phḗlois	φήλαις phḗlais	φήλοις phḗlois
Accusative		φῆλον phêlon	φήλην phḗlēn	φῆλον phêlon		φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō		φήλους phḗlous	φήλᾱς phḗlās	φῆλᾰ phêla
Vocative		φῆλε phêle	φήλη phḗlē	φῆλον phêlon		φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō		φῆλοι phêloi	φῆλαι phêlai	φῆλᾰ phêla
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φήλως phḗlōs				φηλότερος phēlóteros				φηλότᾰτος phēlótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βροτόφηλος (brotóphēlos)
• φηλητεύω (phēlēteúō)
• φηλήτης (phēlḗtēs)
• φηλόω (phēlóō)
• φήλωμᾰ (phḗlōma)
• φήλωσῐς (phḗlōsis)

 

Further reading

• “φῆλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φῆλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φηλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1566