φαλαγγίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φάλαγξ (phálanx, “a phalanx”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, masculine adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.laŋ.ɡǐː.tɛːs/ → /ɸa.laɲˈɟi.tis/ → /fa.laɲˈɟi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laŋ.ɡǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laŋˈɡi.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.laɲˈɟi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.laɲˈɟi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.laɲˈɟi.tis/

Noun

φᾰλᾰγγῑ́της • (phalangī́tēs) m (genitive φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του); first declension

1. a phalangite; a soldier of the phalanx

Declension

First declension of ὁ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́της; τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́της ho phalangī́tēs	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phalangī́tā	οἱ φᾰλᾰγγῖται hoi phalangîtai
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του toû phalangī́tou	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phalangī́tain	τῶν φᾰλᾰγγῑτῶν tôn phalangītôn
Dative	τῷ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τῃ tôi phalangī́tēi	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phalangī́tain	τοῖς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταις toîs phalangī́tais
Accusative	τὸν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́την tòn phalangī́tēn	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phalangī́tā	τοὺς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱς toùs phalangī́tās
Vocative	φᾰλᾰγγῖτᾰ phalangîta	φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ phalangī́tā	φᾰλᾰγγῖται phalangîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: phalangītēs
  • English: phalangite

References

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