φυτάλιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φυτόν (phutón, “plant, creature”) +‎ -άλιος (-álios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰy.tá.li.os/ → /ɸyˈta.li.os/ → /fiˈta.li.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰy.tá.li.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰyˈta.li.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸyˈta.li.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fyˈta.li.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fiˈta.li.os/

Adjective

φυτάλιος • (phutálios) m or f (neuter φυτάλιον); second declension

1. one who bears fruit, who nourishes (commonly as an epithet for Poseidon or Zeus)
   • c. 3rd–2nd century BCE or c. 1st-2nd century C.E., Orpheus (attributed), Orphic Hymns, Hymn 14.9:

     ἀστράπιε, βρονταῖε, κεραύνιε, φυτάλιε Ζεῦ

     astrápie, brontaîe, keraúnie, phutálie Zeû

     O, you, lightning-striking, thundering, loud-sounding, nourishing Zeus

Declension

Second declension of φῠτᾰ́λῐος; φῠτᾰ́λῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φῠτᾰ́λῐος phutálios	φῠτᾰ́λῐον phutálion		φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō	φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō		φῠτᾰ́λῐοι phutálioi	φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phutália
Genitive		φῠτᾰλῐ́ου phutalíou	φῠτᾰλῐ́ου phutalíou		φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phutalíoin	φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phutalíoin		φῠτᾰλῐ́ων phutalíōn	φῠτᾰλῐ́ων phutalíōn
Dative		φῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ phutalíōi	φῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ phutalíōi		φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phutalíoin	φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phutalíoin		φῠτᾰλῐ́οις phutalíois	φῠτᾰλῐ́οις phutalíois
Accusative		φῠτᾰ́λῐον phutálion	φῠτᾰ́λῐον phutálion		φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō	φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō		φῠτᾰλῐ́ους phutalíous	φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phutália
Vocative		φῠτᾰ́λῐε phutálie	φῠτᾰ́λῐον phutálion		φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō	φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phutalíō		φῠτᾰ́λῐοι phutálioi	φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phutália
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φῠτᾰλῐ́ως phutalíōs			φῠτᾰλῐώτερος phutaliṓteros			φῠτᾰλῐώτᾰτος phutaliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φυτάλμιος (phutálmios, adjective)

Further reading

• “φυτάλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press