φῦλον

See also φύλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φύω

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /pʰý͜ylon/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /pʰýːlon/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /ɸýlon/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /fýlon/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /fílon/

Noun

φῦλον (genitive φύλου) n, second declension; (phulon)

1. a set of people or other beings

   φῦλον θεῶν, φῦλον ἀοιδῶν, φῦλον ὀρνίθων

2. sex (male/female)
3. nation, race, tribe

Inflection

Second declension of φῦλον, φύλου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φῦλον	φύλω	φῦλᾰ
Genitive	φύλου	φύλοιν	φύλων
Dative	φύλῳ	φύλοιν	φύλοις
Accusative	φῦλον	φύλω	φῦλᾰ
Vocative	φῦλον	φύλω	φῦλᾰ

Descendants

• Greek: φύλο
• English: phylum

References

• φῦλον in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940