Βάρδυλις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βάρδυλλις (Bárdullis)

Etymology

From Illyrian. Widely connected to Albanian bardhë (“white”) and Messapic *barzides, although a more scrupulous investigation would note the unusual and rather early deaffricativisation of the original *-ǵ- into what Greek authors heard as -δ- (-d-). A noteworthy mention is also the similarity with the Illyrian tribe Bardaeī, which as variant of Vardaeī, Vardiaeī, Ἀρδιαῖοι (Ardiaîoi), Οὐαρδαῖοι (Ouardaîoi) points to the plosivisation of an original initial *w-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bár.dy.lis/ → /ˈβar.ðy.lis/ → /ˈvar.ði.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bár.dy.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.dy.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβar.ðy.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ðy.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.ði.lis/

Proper noun

Βάρδῠλις • (Bárdulis) m (genitive Βαρδῠ́λῐδος); third declension

1. Bardylis: a chief of the Illyrians defeated by Philip of Macedonia

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βάρδῠλῐς; τοῦ Βαρδῠ́λῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βάρδῠλῐς ho Bárdulis
Genitive	τοῦ Βαρδῠ́λῐδος toû Bardúlidos
Dative	τῷ Βαρδῠ́λῐδῐ tôi Bardúlidi
Accusative	τὸν Βαρδῠ́λῐδᾰ tòn Bardúlida
Vocative	Βάρδῠλῐς Bárdulis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: Βάρδυλις (Várdylis)
• → Latin: Bardylis
• → Albanian: Bardhyl, Bardhyll

Further reading

• “Bardylis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Bardylis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.