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 • (phắlăron) 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 phắlăron	τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phălắrō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tằ phắlără
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰλᾰ́ρου toû phălắrou	τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phălắroin	τῶν φᾰλᾰ́ρων tôn phălắrōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰλᾰ́ρῳ tôi phălắrōi	τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phălắroin	τοῖς φᾰλᾰ́ροις toîs phălắrois
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον tò phắlăron	τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phălắrō	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tằ phắlără
Vocative	φᾰ́λᾰρον phắlăron	φᾰλᾰ́ρω phălắrō	φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ phắlără
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