φλέψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally linked to a large group of words beginning with "φλ-", like φλέω (phléō), φλύω (phlúō) and φλύκταινα (phlúktaina). It has been supposed to be an enlargement in -gʷ- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell”), but this would not solve anything. Thus, a Pre-Greek origin is the most probable hypothesis.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰléps/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰleps/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸleps/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fleps/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fleps/

Noun

φλέψ • (phléps) f (genitive φλεβός); third declension

(anatomy) vein
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 13.546

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φλέψ; τῆς φλεβός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φλέψ hē phléps	τὼ φλέβε tṑ phlébe	αἱ φλέβες hai phlébes
Genitive	τῆς φλεβός tês phlebós	τοῖν φλεβοῖν toîn phleboîn	τῶν φλεβῶν tôn phlebôn
Dative	τῇ φλεβῐ́ tēî phlebĭ́	τοῖν φλεβοῖν toîn phleboîn	ταῖς φλεψῐ́ / φλεψῐ́ν taîs phlepsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν φλέβᾰ tḕn phlébă	τὼ φλέβε tṑ phlébe	τᾱ̀ς φλέβᾰς tā̀s phlébăs
Vocative	φλέψ phléps	φλέβε phlébe	φλέβες phlébes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐπίφλεβος (epíphlebos)
φλεβικός (phlebikós)
φλέβιον (phlébion)
φλεβοδονώδης (phlebodonṓdēs)
φλεβονευρώδης (phleboneurṓdēs)
φλεβονώδης (phlebonṓdēs)
φλεβοπαλία (phlebopalía)
φλεβοπεριμέτριος (phleboperimétrios)
φλεβορραγία (phleborrhagía)
φλεβόσφυγμος (phlebósphugmos)
φλεβοτμής (phlebotmḗs)
φλεβοτομέω (phlebotoméō)
φλεβοτονέομαι (phlebotonéomai)
φλεβώδης (phlebṓdēs)

Descendants

English: phlebo-
Greek: φλέβα (fléva)