βλεφαρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλέφαρον (blépharon, “eyelid”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ble.pʰa.rís/ → /βle.ɸaˈris/ → /vle.faˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ble.pʰa.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ble.pʰaˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βle.ɸaˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vle.faˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vle.faˈris/

Noun

βλεφᾰρῐ́ς • (blepharís) f (genitive βλεφᾰρῐ́δος); third declension

1. (mostly in the plural) eyelash

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς; τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βλεφᾰρῐ́ς hē blepharís	τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε tṑ blepharíde	αἱ βλεφᾰρῐ́δες hai blepharídes
Genitive	τῆς βλεφᾰρῐ́δος tês blepharídos	τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn blepharídoin	τῶν βλεφᾰρῐ́δων tôn blepharídōn
Dative	τῇ βλεφᾰρῐ́δῐ têi blepharídi	τοῖν βλεφᾰρῐ́δοιν toîn blepharídoin	ταῖς βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐ / βλεφᾰρῐ́σῐν taîs blepharísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰ tḕn blepharída	τὼ βλεφᾰρῐ́δε tṑ blepharíde	τᾱ̀ς βλεφᾰρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s blepharídas
Vocative	βλεφᾰρῐ́ς blepharís	βλεφᾰρῐ́δε blepharíde	βλεφᾰρῐ́δες blepharídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Greek: βλεφαρίδα (vlefarída)

References

• “βλεφαρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βλεφαρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βλεφαρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βλεφαρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)