φλοῖσβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The ending is reminiscent of θόρυβος (thórubos), κόναβος (kónabos) and ῥοῖβδος (rhoîbdos). Further analysis is unknown. Relation with φλιδάω (phlidáō, “to overflow with moisture”) is semantically not quite obvious.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlôi̯z.bos/ → /ˈɸlyz.βos/ → /ˈfliz.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlôi̯z.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlyz.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸlyz.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈflyz.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfliz.vos/

Noun

φλοῖσβος • (phloîsbos) m (genitive φλοίσβου); second declension

1. any confused roaring noise, especially of waves and battle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλοῖσβος; τοῦ φλοίσβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλοῖσβος ho phloîsbos	τὼ φλοίσβω tṑ phloísbō	οἱ φλοῖσβοι hoi phloîsboi
Genitive	τοῦ φλοίσβου toû phloísbou	τοῖν φλοίσβοιν toîn phloísboin	τῶν φλοίσβων tôn phloísbōn
Dative	τῷ φλοίσβῳ tôi phloísbōi	τοῖν φλοίσβοιν toîn phloísboin	τοῖς φλοίσβοις toîs phloísbois
Accusative	τὸν φλοῖσβον tòn phloîsbon	τὼ φλοίσβω tṑ phloísbō	τοὺς φλοίσβους toùs phloísbous
Vocative	φλοῖσβε phloîsbe	φλοίσβω phloísbō	φλοῖσβοι phloîsboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄφλοισβος (áphloisbos)
• βαρύφλοισβος (barúphloisbos)
• πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos)

 

Further reading

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