φῆλος

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwel- (“to lie, deceive, bend”) and connected with Sanskrit ह्वृ (hvṛ, “to deviate”),^[1]^[2] Proto-Slavic *zъlъ (“bad”). Less likely are connections to Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷʰh₂el- (“to stumble”) or to Pre-Greek.^[3]

φῆλος • (phêlos) m (feminine φήλη, neuter φῆλον); first/second declension

First and second declension of φῆλος; φήλη; φῆλον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	φῆλος phêlos	φήλη phḗlē	φῆλον phêlon	φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō	φῆλοι phêloi	φῆλαι phêlai	φῆλᾰ phêlă
Genitive	φήλου phḗlou	φήλης phḗlēs	φήλου phḗlou	φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλαιν phḗlain	φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλων phḗlōn	φήλων phḗlōn	φήλων phḗlōn
Dative	φήλῳ phḗlōi	φήλῃ phḗlēi	φήλῳ phḗlōi	φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλαιν phḗlain	φήλοιν phḗloin	φήλοις phḗlois	φήλαις phḗlais	φήλοις phḗlois
Accusative	φῆλον phêlon	φήλην phḗlēn	φῆλον phêlon	φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō	φήλους phḗlous	φήλᾱς phḗlās	φῆλᾰ phêlă
Vocative	φῆλε phêle	φήλη phḗlē	φῆλον phêlon	φήλω phḗlō	φήλᾱ phḗlā	φήλω phḗlō	φῆλοι phêloi	φῆλαι phêlai	φῆλᾰ phêlă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	φήλως phḗlōs			φηλότερος phēlóteros			φηλότᾰτος phēlótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Ehrlich, Hugo (1910) Zur indogermanischen Sprachgeschichte‎^[1] (in German), Königsberg, pages 29–30
^ Walde, Alois (1930) Julius Pokorny, editor, Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume I, Berlin: de Gruyter, page 644
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φηλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1566