φήληξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

An evident Pre-Greek word in -ηξ like πήληξ (pḗlēx), τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). It might have been folk-etymologically adapted to φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.lɛːks/ → /ˈɸi.liks/ → /ˈfi.liks/

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

Noun

φήληξ • (phḗlēx) m (genitive φήληκος); third declension

1. wild fig

   Synonym: οἶδαξ (oîdax)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ φήληξ; τοῦ φήληκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φήληξ ho phḗlēx	τὼ φήληκε tṑ phḗlēke	οἱ φήληκες hoi phḗlēkes
Genitive	τοῦ φήληκος toû phḗlēkos	τοῖν φηλήκοιν toîn phēlḗkoin	τῶν φηλήκων tôn phēlḗkōn
Dative	τῷ φήληκῐ tôi phḗlēki	τοῖν φηλήκοιν toîn phēlḗkoin	τοῖς φήληξῐ / φήληξῐν toîs phḗlēxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν φήληκᾰ tòn phḗlēka	τὼ φήληκε tṑ phḗlēke	τοὺς φήληκᾰς toùs phḗlēkas
Vocative	φήληξ phḗlēx	φήληκε phḗlēke	φήληκες phḗlēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φηληκόθρεπτος (phēlēkóthreptos)

Further reading

• “φήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φήληξ”, 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