φλόος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φλοιός (phloiós) (More common)
• φλοῦς (phloûs) — Ionic

Etymology

From φλέω (phléō, “I abound”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰló.os/ → /ˈɸlo.os/ → /ˈflo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰló.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸlo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈflo.os/

Noun

φλόος • (phlóos) m (genitive φλόου); second declension

1. rind, bark, peel
2. skin

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φλόος; τοῦ φλόου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φλόος ho phlóos	τὼ φλόω tṑ phlóō	οἱ φλόοι hoi phlóoi
Genitive	τοῦ φλόου toû phlóou	τοῖν φλόοιν toîn phlóoin	τῶν φλόων tôn phlóōn
Dative	τῷ φλόῳ tôi phlóōi	τοῖν φλόοιν toîn phlóoin	τοῖς φλόοις toîs phlóois
Accusative	τὸν φλόα tòn phlóa	τὼ φλόω tṑ phlóō	τοὺς φλόους toùs phlóous
Vocative	φλόε phlóe	φλόω phlóō	φλόοι phlóoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Note the irregular accusative singular.

Further reading

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