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 (phlḗnaphos)

2. tattler, babbler

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλῠ́ᾱρος; τοῦ φλῠᾱ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλῠ́ᾱρος ho phlúāros	τὼ φλῠᾱ́ρω tṑ phluā́rō	οἱ φλῠ́ᾱροι hoi phlúāroi
Genitive	τοῦ φλῠᾱ́ρου toû phluā́rou	τοῖν φλῠᾱ́ροιν toîn phluā́roin	τῶν φλῠᾱ́ρων tôn phluā́rōn
Dative	τῷ φλῠᾱ́ρῳ tôi phluā́rōi	τοῖν φλῠᾱ́ροιν toîn phluā́roin	τοῖς φλῠᾱ́ροις toîs phluā́rois
Accusative	τὸν φλῠ́ᾱρον tòn phlúāron	τὼ φλῠᾱ́ρω tṑ phluā́rō	τοὺς φλῠᾱ́ρους toùs phluā́rous
Vocative	φλῠ́ᾱρε phlúāre	φλῠᾱ́ρω phluā́rō	φλῠ́ᾱροι phlúāroi
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)