φλήναφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin in view of its connection with φλέδων (phlédōn, “babbler”), which shows nasalization. Other words belong to this group, like φληνύω (phlēnúō, “to babble”) and φλανύσσει (phlanússei, “to talk nonsense”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlɛ̌ː.na.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰle̝.na.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸli.na.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.na.fos/

Noun

φλήνᾰφος • (phlḗnăphos) m (genitive φληνᾰ́φου); second declension

idle talk, nonsense
Synonyms: ὕθλος (húthlos), φλῠ́ᾱρος (phlŭ́āros)
babbler, chatterbox
Synonym: φλέδων (phlédōn)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλήνᾰφος; τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλήνᾰφος ho phlḗnăphos	τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnắphō	οἱ φλήνᾰφοι hoi phlḗnăphoi
Genitive	τοῦ φληνᾰ́φου toû phlēnắphou	τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnắphoin	τῶν φληνᾰ́φων tôn phlēnắphōn
Dative	τῷ φληνᾰ́φῳ tôi phlēnắphōi	τοῖν φληνᾰ́φοιν toîn phlēnắphoin	τοῖς φληνᾰ́φοις toîs phlēnắphois
Accusative	τὸν φλήνᾰφον tòn phlḗnăphon	τὼ φληνᾰ́φω tṑ phlēnắphō	τοὺς φληνᾰ́φους toùs phlēnắphous
Vocative	φλήνᾰφε phlḗnăphe	φληνᾰ́φω phlēnắphō	φλήνᾰφοι phlḗnăphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

φληνᾰφᾰ́ω (phlēnăphắō)
φληνᾰ́φημᾰ (phlēnắphēmă)
φληνᾰφῐ́ᾱ (phlēnăphĭ́ā)
φληνᾰφώδης (phlēnăphṓdēs)

“φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
φλήναφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN