φιάλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φιέλη (phiélē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek. The word formally fits the instrument names in "-αλη" and "-αλο-", like σκυτάλη (skutálē) and γύαλον (gúalon).

Noun

φιάλη • (phiálē) f (genitive φιάλης); first declension

1. round and shallow bowl, saucer, or pan

   Synonym: ἄρακις (árakis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φιάλη; τῆς φιάλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φιάλη hē phiálē	τὼ φιάλᾱ tṑ phiálā	αἱ φιάλαι hai phiálai
Genitive	τῆς φιάλης tês phiálēs	τοῖν φιάλαιν toîn phiálain	τῶν φιαλῶν tôn phialôn
Dative	τῇ φιάλῃ têi phiálēi	τοῖν φιάλαιν toîn phiálain	ταῖς φιάλαις taîs phiálais
Accusative	τὴν φιάλην tḕn phiálēn	τὼ φιάλᾱ tṑ phiálā	τᾱ̀ς φιάλᾱς tā̀s phiálās
Vocative	φιάλη phiálē	φιάλᾱ phiálā	φιάλαι phiálai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φιαληφόρος (phialēphóros)
• φιαλίδιον (phialídion)
• φιάλιον (phiálion)
• φιαλίς (phialís)
• φιαλίσκα (phialíska)
• φιαλίσκος (phialískos)
• φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phialomanteíā)
• φιαλόω (phialóō)
• φιαλώδης (phialṓdēs)
• φιαλωτός (phialōtós)

 

Descendants

• Greek: φιάλη (fiáli)
• → English: phiale
• → Latin: fiola
  • → French: fiole
• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/) (possibly)
  • Persian: پیاله (piyâle)

References

• “φιάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φιάλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φιάλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φιάλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φιάλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G5357 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “saucer, bowl”).

Noun

φιάλη • (fiáli) f (plural φιάλες)

1. bottle
2. (archaeology) saucer
3. gas cylinder, gas bottle

Declension

Declension of φιάλη

	singular	plural
nominative	φιάλη •	φιάλες •
genitive	φιάλης •	φιαλών •
accusative	φιάλη •	φιάλες •
vocative	φιάλη •	φιάλες •

Synonyms

• μποτίλια f (botília, “bottle”)
• μπουκάλι n (boukáli)

Related terms

• φιάλη διηθήσεως f (fiáli diithíseos, “Büchner flask”)

Further reading

• Φιάλη (δοχείο) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el