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 • (phrăgéllĭon) 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 phrăgéllĭon	τὼ φρᾰγελλῐ́ω tṑ phrăgellĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ tằ phrăgéllĭă
Genitive	τοῦ φρᾰγελλῐ́ου toû phrăgellĭ́ou	τοῖν φρᾰγελλῐ́οιν toîn phrăgellĭ́oin	τῶν φρᾰγελλῐ́ων tôn phrăgellĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ φρᾰγελλῐ́ῳ tôi phrăgellĭ́ōi	τοῖν φρᾰγελλῐ́οιν toîn phrăgellĭ́oin	τοῖς φρᾰγελλῐ́οις toîs phrăgellĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ φρᾰγέλλῐον tò phrăgéllĭon	τὼ φρᾰγελλῐ́ω tṑ phrăgellĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ tằ phrăgéllĭă
Vocative	φρᾰγέλλῐον phrăgéllĭon	φρᾰγελλῐ́ω phrăgellĭ́ō	φρᾰγέλλῐᾰ phrăgéllĭă
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