See also: φύλλον and φύλον

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From φύω (phúō).

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

φῦλον (phûlonn (genitive φῡ́λου); second declension

  1. a set of people or other beings
    φῦλον θεῶν, φῦλον ἀοιδῶν, φῦλον ὀρνίθων
    phûlon theôn, phûlon aoidôn, phûlon orníthōn
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. sex (male/female)
  3. nation, race, tribe

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

  • Greek: φύλο (fýlo)
  • English: phylum

Further reading edit

  • φῦλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φῦλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φῦλον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φῦλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φῦλον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • φῦλον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.