φαλαρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φαληρίς (phalērís) — Ionic

Etymology

From φάλαρος (phálaros, “having a patch of white”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰa.laː.rís/ → /ɸa.laˈris/ → /fa.laˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laː.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰa.laˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸa.laˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fa.laˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fa.laˈris/

Noun

φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς • (phălārĭ́s) f (genitive φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος); third declension

1. coot (Fulica atra)
2. canary grass (Phalaris aquatica)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς; τῆς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς hē phălārĭ́s	τὼ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε tṑ phălārĭ́de	αἱ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δες hai phălārĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δος tês phălārĭ́dos	τοῖν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δοιν toîn phălārĭ́doin	τῶν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δων tôn phălārĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δῐ têi phălārĭ́dĭ	τοῖν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δοιν toîn phălārĭ́doin	ταῖς φᾰλᾱρῐ́σῐ / φᾰλᾱρῐ́σῐν taîs phălārĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φᾰλᾱρῐ́δᾰ tḕn phălārĭ́dă	τὼ φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε tṑ phălārĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς φᾰλᾱρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s phălārĭ́dăs
Vocative	φᾰλᾱρῐ́ς phălārĭ́s	φᾰλᾱρῐ́δε phălārĭ́de	φᾰλᾱρῐ́δες phălārĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: φαλαρίδα (falarída)
• → Translingual: Phalaris

Further reading

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