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 • (phălăngī́tēs) 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 phălăngī́tēs	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phălăngī́tā	οἱ φᾰλᾰγγῖται hoi phălăngîtai
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́του toû phălăngī́tou	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phălăngī́tain	τῶν φᾰλᾰγγῑτῶν tôn phălăngītôn
Dative	τῷ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τῃ tôi phălăngī́tēi	τοῖν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταιν toîn phălăngī́tain	τοῖς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́ταις toîs phălăngī́tais
Accusative	τὸν φᾰλᾰγγῑ́την tòn phălăngī́tēn	τὼ φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ tṑ phălăngī́tā	τοὺς φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱς toùs phălăngī́tās
Vocative	φᾰλᾰγγῖτᾰ phălăngîtă	φᾰλᾰγγῑ́τᾱ phălăngī́tā	φᾰλᾰγγῖται phălăngîtai
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