φλύαρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps a back-formation from φλυᾱρέω (phluāréō, “to talk nonsense”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlý.aː.ros/ → /ˈɸly.a.ros/ → /ˈfli.a.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlý.aː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰly.a.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸly.a.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfly.a.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfli.a.ros/

Noun

φλύᾱρος • (phlúāros) m (genitive φλῠᾱ́ρου); second declension

1. silly talk, foolery, nonsense

   Synonyms: ὕθλος (húthlos), φλήνᾰφος (phlḗnăphos)

2. tattler, babbler

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλῠ́ᾱρος; τοῦ φλῠᾱ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλῠ́ᾱρος ho phlŭ́āros	τὼ φλῠᾱ́ρω tṑ phlŭā́rō	οἱ φλῠ́ᾱροι hoi phlŭ́āroi
Genitive	τοῦ φλῠᾱ́ρου toû phlŭā́rou	τοῖν φλῠᾱ́ροιν toîn phlŭā́roin	τῶν φλῠᾱ́ρων tôn phlŭā́rōn
Dative	τῷ φλῠᾱ́ρῳ tôi phlŭā́rōi	τοῖν φλῠᾱ́ροιν toîn phlŭā́roin	τοῖς φλῠᾱ́ροις toîs phlŭā́rois
Accusative	τὸν φλῠ́ᾱρον tòn phlŭ́āron	τὼ φλῠᾱ́ρω tṑ phlŭā́rō	τοὺς φλῠᾱ́ρους toùs phlŭā́rous
Vocative	φλῠ́ᾱρε phlŭ́āre	φλῠᾱ́ρω phlŭā́rō	φλῠ́ᾱροι phlŭ́āroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: φλύαρος (flýaros) (learned)

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φλύαρος (phlúaros).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfli.a.ɾos/
• Hyphenation: φλύ‧α‧ρος

Adjective

φλύαρος • (flýaros) m (feminine φλύαρη, neuter φλύαρο)

1. chatty, gabby, prattlesome, talkative
2. (by extension, of animals) chattering

Declension

Declension of φλύαρος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	φλύαρος (flýaros)	φλύαρη (flýari)	φλύαρο (flýaro)		φλύαροι (flýaroi)	φλύαρες (flýares)	φλύαρα (flýara)
genitive	φλύαρου (flýarou)	φλύαρης (flýaris)	φλύαρου (flýarou)		φλύαρων (flýaron)	φλύαρων (flýaron)	φλύαρων (flýaron)
accusative	φλύαρο (flýaro)	φλύαρη (flýari)	φλύαρο (flýaro)		φλύαρους (flýarous)	φλύαρες (flýares)	φλύαρα (flýara)
vocative	φλύαρε (flýare)	φλύαρη (flýari)	φλύαρο (flýaro)		φλύαροι (flýaroi)	φλύαρες (flýares)	φλύαρα (flýara)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο φλύαρος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο φλύαρος, etc.)

Related terms

• φλυαρία f (flyaría)
• φλυαρώ (flyaró)