φάλαρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάλος (phálos, “crest of a helmet”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰá.la.ron/ → /ˈɸa.la.ron/ → /ˈfa.la.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰá.la.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.la.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.la.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.la.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.la.ron/

Noun

φᾰ́λᾰρον • (phálaron) n (genitive φᾰλᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. (mostly in plural) boss or disc of metal
2. (in the plural) cheekpieces of a horse's headstall
3. (in the plural) bandages for the cheek
4. (figuratively) ornaments, decorations

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον; τοῦ φᾰλᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον tò phálaron	τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phalárō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tà phálara
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰλᾰ́ρου toû phalárou	τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phalároin	τῶν φᾰλᾰ́ρων tôn phalárōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰλᾰ́ρῳ tôi phalárōi	τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phalároin	τοῖς φᾰλᾰ́ροις toîs phalárois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον tò phálaron	τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phalárō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tà phálara
Vocative	φᾰ́λᾰρον phálaron	φᾰλᾰ́ρω phalárō	φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ phálara
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀργυροφάλαρος (argurophálaros)
• φαλαρῖτις (phalarîtis)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: phalera

Further reading

• “φάλαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φάλαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φάλαρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette