φέκλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σφέκλη (sphéklē), φαίκλα (phaíkla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin faecula (“tartar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.klɛː/ → /ˈɸe.kli/ → /ˈfe.kli/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.klɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.kle̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.kli/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.kli/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.kli/

Noun

φέκλη • (phéklē) f (genitive φέκλης); first declension

1. faecula, tartar deposited by wine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φέκλη; τῆς φέκλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φέκλη hē phéklē	τὼ φέκλᾱ tṑ phéklā	αἱ φέκλαι hai phéklai
Genitive	τῆς φέκλης tês phéklēs	τοῖν φέκλαιν toîn phéklain	τῶν φεκλῶν tôn pheklôn
Dative	τῇ φέκλῃ têi phéklēi	τοῖν φέκλαιν toîn phéklain	ταῖς φέκλαις taîs phéklais
Accusative	τὴν φέκλην tḕn phéklēn	τὼ φέκλᾱ tṑ phéklā	τᾱ̀ς φέκλᾱς tā̀s phéklās
Vocative	φέκλη phéklē	φέκλᾱ phéklā	φέκλαι phéklai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φέκλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φέκλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette