φλέως

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φλοῦς (phloûs) — Ionic

Etymology

For this word, DELG assumes *φληϝ-ο- (*phlēw-o-), beside *φλωϝ-ο- (*phlōw-o-) for φλόος (phlóos, “rind, skin, slough”). Often derived from the verb φλέω (phléō, “to overflow, flood”), but Chantraine adds the word may just as well be a loan; this would agree with Beekes's suggestion of a Pre-Greek origin of the noun.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɔːs/ → /ˈɸle.os/ → /ˈfle.os/

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

Noun

φλέως • (phléōs) m (genitive φλέω); second declension

1. Ravenna grass (Saccharum ravennae)

Inflection

Attic second declension of ὁ φλέως; τοῦ φλέω (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλέως ho phléōs	τὼ φλέω tṑ phléō	οἱ φλέῳ hoi phléōi
Genitive	τοῦ φλέω toû phléō	τοῖν φλέῳν toîn phléōin	τῶν φλέων tôn phléōn
Dative	τῷ φλέῳ tôi phléōi	τοῖν φλέῳν toîn phléōin	τοῖς φλέῳς toîs phléōis
Accusative	τὸν φλέω / φλέων tòn phléō(n)	τὼ φλέω tṑ phléō	τοὺς φλέως toùs phléōs
Vocative	φλέως phléōs	φλέω phléō	φλέῳ phléōi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: phleos
  • → Italian: fleo
• → Translingual: Phleum

Further reading

• “φλέως”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φλέως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φλέως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1578