φιλυρέα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φῐλῠρρέα (philurrhéa)

Etymology

From φῐλῠ́ρα (philúra, “lime tree, linden”) +‎ -έᾱ (-éā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.ly.ré.aː/ → /ɸi.lyˈre.a/ → /fi.liˈre.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.ly.ré.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.lyˈre.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.lyˈre.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.lyˈre.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.liˈre.a/

Noun

φῐλῠρέᾱ • (philuréā) f (genitive φῐλῠρέᾱς); first declension

1. mock privet (Phillyrea latifolia)

Declension

First declension of ἡ φῐλῠρέᾱ; τῆς φῐλῠρέᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φῐλῠρέᾱ hē philuréā	τὼ φῐλῠρέᾱ tṑ philuréā	αἱ φῐλῠρέαι hai philuréai
Genitive	τῆς φῐλῠρέᾱς tês philuréās	τοῖν φῐλῠρέαιν toîn philuréain	τῶν φῐλῠρεῶν tôn philureôn
Dative	τῇ φῐλῠρέᾳ têi philuréāi	τοῖν φῐλῠρέαιν toîn philuréain	ταῖς φῐλῠρέαις taîs philuréais
Accusative	τὴν φῐλῠρέᾱν tḕn philuréān	τὼ φῐλῠρέᾱ tṑ philuréā	τᾱ̀ς φῐλῠρέᾱς tā̀s philuréās
Vocative	φῐλῠρέᾱ philuréā	φῐλῠρέᾱ philuréā	φῐλῠρέαι philuréai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Phillyrea

Further reading

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