φάλαρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φάλος (phálos, “crest of a helmet”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰá.la.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.la.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸa.la.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfa.la.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfa.la.ron/
Noun
φᾰ́λᾰρον • (phắlăron) n (genitive φᾰλᾰ́ρου); second declension
- (mostly in plural) boss or disc of metal
- (in the plural) cheekpieces of a horse's headstall
- (in the plural) bandages for the cheek
- (figuratively) ornaments, decorations
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον tò phắlăron |
τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phălắrō |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tằ phắlără | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰλᾰ́ρου toû phălắrou |
τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phălắroin |
τῶν φᾰλᾰ́ρων tôn phălắrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰλᾰ́ρῳ tōî phălắrōi |
τοῖν φᾰλᾰ́ροιν toîn phălắroin |
τοῖς φᾰλᾰ́ροις toîs phălắrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φᾰ́λᾰρον tò phắlăron |
τὼ φᾰλᾰ́ρω tṑ phălắrō |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ tằ phắlără | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́λᾰρον phắlăron |
φᾰλᾰ́ρω phălắrō |
φᾰ́λᾰρᾰ phắlără | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀργυροφάλαρος (argurophálaros)
- φαλαρῖτις (phalarîtis)
Descendants
- → Latin: phalera
Further reading
- “φάλαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φάλαρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φάλαρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette