βλεφαρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ble.pʰa.rís/ → /βle.ɸaˈris/ → /vle.faˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ble.pʰa.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ble.pʰaˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βle.ɸaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vle.faˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vle.faˈris/

Noun

βλεφᾰρῐ́ς • (blephărĭ́s) f (genitive βλεφᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

1. (mostly in the plural) eyelash

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς hē blephărĭ́s	τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε tṑ blephărĭ́de	αἱ βλεφᾰρῐ́δες hai blephărĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος tês blephărĭ́dos	τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn blephărĭ́doin	τῶν βλεφᾰρῐ́δων tôn blephărĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ βλεφᾰρῐ́δῐ têi blephărĭ́dĭ	τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn blephărĭ́doin	ταῖς βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐ / βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐν taîs blephărĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰ tḕn blephărĭ́dă	τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε tṑ blephărĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s blephărĭ́dăs
Vocative	βλεφᾰρῐ́ς blephărĭ́s	βλεφᾰρῐ́δε blephărĭ́de	βλεφᾰρῐ́δες blephărĭ́des
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: βλεφαρίδα (vlefarída)

References

• “βλεφαρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλεφαρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλεφαρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλεφαρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)