κνέφαλλον
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from κνάπτω (knáptō, “to card wool”), compared with Proto-Celtic *knawī (“fleece”), but the variation in forms suggests a Pre-Greek origin instead.[1][2] See also κνάφος (knáphos, “prickly teasel”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kné.pʰal.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkne.pʰal.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkne.ɸal.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkne.fal.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkne.fa.lon/
Noun edit
κνέφᾰλλον • (knéphallon) n (genitive κνεφᾰ́λλου); second declension
- wool torn off in carding or fulling cloth
- flock used for stuffing pillows and cushions
- (in general) cushion, pillow
Inflection edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κνέφᾰλλον tò knéphallon |
τὼ κνεφᾰ́λλω tṑ knephállō |
τᾰ̀ κνέφᾰλλᾰ tà knéphalla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κνεφᾰ́λλου toû knephállou |
τοῖν κνεφᾰ́λλοιν toîn knephálloin |
τῶν κνεφᾰ́λλων tôn knephállōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κνεφᾰ́λλῳ tôi knephállōi |
τοῖν κνεφᾰ́λλοιν toîn knephálloin |
τοῖς κνεφᾰ́λλοις toîs knephállois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κνέφᾰλλον tò knéphallon |
τὼ κνεφᾰ́λλω tṑ knephállō |
τᾰ̀ κνέφᾰλλᾰ tà knéphalla | ||||||||||
Vocative | κνέφᾰλλον knéphallon |
κνεφᾰ́λλω knephállō |
κνέφᾰλλᾰ knéphalla | ||||||||||
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Derived terms edit
- γναφάλλιον (gnaphállion)
- γναφαλλίς (gnaphallís)
- γναφαλλολόγος (gnaphallológos)
- γναφαλλοπώλης (gnaphallopṓlēs)
- γναφαλλοϋφάντης (gnaphalloüphántēs)
- γναφαλώδης (gnaphalṓdēs)
References edit
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 721-22
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “knawi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
Further reading edit
- “κνέφαλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κνέφαλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette