φλέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰléwō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰl-ew-, from *bʰel- (“to swell up”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɔː/ → /ˈɸle.o/ → /ˈfle.o/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɔː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰle.o/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸle.o/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/

Verb

φλέω • (phléō)

1. to overflow, teem, abound, gush
2. to overflow with talk, chat idly

References

• “φλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette