φραγέλλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɸraˈʝel.li.on/ → /fraˈʝe.li.on/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈʝel.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈʝel.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈʝe.li.on/

Noun

φρᾰγέλλῐον • (phragéllion) n (genitive φρᾰγελλῐ́ου); second declension (Byzantine)

1. (Byzantine) a whip

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ φρᾰγέλλῐον; τοῦ φρᾰγελλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φρᾰγέλλῐον tò phragéllion	τὼ φρᾰγελλῐ́ω tṑ phragellíō	τᾰ̀ φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ tà phragéllia
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰγελλῐ́ου toû phragellíou	τοῖν φρᾰγελλῐ́οιν toîn phragellíoin	τῶν φρᾰγελλῐ́ων tôn phragellíōn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰγελλῐ́ῳ tôi phragellíōi	τοῖν φρᾰγελλῐ́οιν toîn phragellíoin	τοῖς φρᾰγελλῐ́οις toîs phragellíois
Accusative	τὸ φρᾰγέλλῐον tò phragéllion	τὼ φρᾰγελλῐ́ω tṑ phragellíō	τᾰ̀ φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ tà phragéllia
Vocative	φρᾰγέλλῐον phragéllion	φρᾰγελλῐ́ω phragellíō	φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ phragéllia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Aramaic:
  • Jewish Literary Aramaic: פְּרַגְלָא (fragəlā)
  • Classical Syriac: ܦܪܳܓܶܠܳܐ (frāgĕlā)
  • → Arabic: فِرْجَوْن (firjawn), فِرْجَوْل (firjawl) — less often
    • → Classical Syriac: ܦܪܓܘܢܐ
    • → Ottoman Turkish: فرجول (fircevl)
• → Coptic: ⲫⲣⲁⲅⲉⲗⲗⲓⲟⲛ (phragellion)

References

• G5416 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Further reading

• “φραγέλλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Krauss, Samuel (1899) Griechische und lateinische Lehnwörter in Talmud, Midrasch und Targum (in German), volume 2, Berlin: S. Calvary, pages 477b–478a