φυτάλιος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From φυτόν (phutón, “plant, creature”) + -άλιος (-álios).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰy.tá.li.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰyˈta.li.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸyˈta.li.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fyˈta.li.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fiˈta.li.os/
Adjective
φυτάλιος • (phutálios) m or f (neuter φυτάλιον); second declension
- 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
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | φῠτᾰ́λῐος phŭtắlĭos |
φῠτᾰ́λῐον phŭtắlĭon |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰ́λῐοι phŭtắlĭoi |
φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phŭtắlĭă | ||||||||
| Genitive | φῠτᾰλῐ́ου phŭtălĭ́ou |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ου phŭtălĭ́ou |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phŭtălĭ́oin |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phŭtălĭ́oin |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ων phŭtălĭ́ōn |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ων phŭtălĭ́ōn | ||||||||
| Dative | φῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ phŭtălĭ́ōi |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ῳ phŭtălĭ́ōi |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phŭtălĭ́oin |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οιν phŭtălĭ́oin |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οις phŭtălĭ́ois |
φῠτᾰλῐ́οις phŭtălĭ́ois | ||||||||
| Accusative | φῠτᾰ́λῐον phŭtắlĭon |
φῠτᾰ́λῐον phŭtắlĭon |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ους phŭtălĭ́ous |
φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phŭtắlĭă | ||||||||
| Vocative | φῠτᾰ́λῐε phŭtắlĭe |
φῠτᾰ́λῐον phŭtắlĭon |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰλῐ́ω phŭtălĭ́ō |
φῠτᾰ́λῐοι phŭtắlĭoi |
φῠτᾰ́λῐᾰ phŭtắlĭă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φῠτᾰλῐ́ως phŭtălĭ́ōs |
φῠτᾰλῐώτερος phŭtălĭṓteros |
φῠτᾰλῐώτᾰτος phŭtălĭṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φυτάλμιος (phutálmios, adjective)
Further reading
- “φυτάλιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press