φελλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word has been compared with φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “scale”) and with Russian о́болонь (óbolonʹ, “sapwood, alburnum”) but Beekes finds this improbable, due to the limited geographic distribution of the words if cognate.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φελλός • (phellós) m (genitive φελλοῦ); second declension

  1. cork oak (Quercus suber)
    Synonyms: θηλῠ́πρῑνος (thēlŭ́prīnos), ἴψος (ípsos)
  2. cork, especially the corks on a net

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φελλός; τοῦ φελλοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φελλός
ho phellós 		τὼ φελλώ
tṑ phellṓ 		οἱ φελλοί
hoi phelloí
Genitive τοῦ φελλοῦ
toû phelloû 		τοῖν φελλοῖν
toîn phelloîn 		τῶν φελλῶν
tôn phellôn
Dative τῷ φελλῷ
tōî phellōî 		τοῖν φελλοῖν
toîn phelloîn 		τοῖς φελλοῖς
toîs phelloîs
Accusative τὸν φελλόν
tòn phellón 		τὼ φελλώ
tṑ phellṓ 		τοὺς φελλούς
toùs phelloús
Vocative φελλέ
phellé 		φελλώ
phellṓ 		φελλοί
phelloí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • φέλλινος (phéllinos)
  • φελλόδρυς (phellódrus)
  • φελλόπους (phellópous)
  • φελλοχαλαστέω (phellokhalastéō)
  • φελλώ (phellṓ)
  • φελλώδης (phellṓdēs)

Descendants

  • Greek: φελλός (fellós)
  • → Arabic: فِلّ (fill), فَلّ (fall)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φελλός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1560

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek φελλός (phellós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /feˈlos/

Noun

φελλός • (fellós) m (plural φελλοί)

  1. cork (bottle stopper)
    Coordinate term: (screw cap) πώμα (póma)
  2. cork (material)
  3. fishing float
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) simpleton, airhead

Declension

Declension of φελλός
singular plural
nominative φελλός (fellós) φελλοί (felloí)
genitive φελλού (felloú) φελλών (fellón)
accusative φελλό (felló) φελλούς (felloús)
vocative φελλέ (fellé) φελλοί (felloí)

Further reading

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