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φεῖλος
φεῖλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φῖλος (phîlos)
Noun
φεῖλος • (pheîlos) n (genitive φείλεος); third declension
- Alternative form of φιλία (philía)
Inflection
Third declension of φεῖλος, φείλεος (uncontracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φεῖλος | τὼ φείλεε | τὰ φείλεᾰ |
| Genitive | τοῦ φείλεος | τοῖν φειλέοιν | τῶν φειλέων |
| Dative | τῷ φείλεϊ | τοῖν φειλέοιν | τοῖς φείλεσσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ φεῖλος | τὼ φείλεε | τὰ φείλεᾰ |
| Vocative | φεῖλος | φείλεε | φείλεᾰ |
| Notes: | This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *φείλεσος), which was dropped early in the history of Ancient Greek. |
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Third declension of φεῖλος, φείλους (contracted)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φεῖλος | τὼ φείλει | τὰ φείλη |
| Genitive | τοῦ φείλους | τοῖν φειλοῖν | τῶν φειλῶν |
| Dative | τῷ φείλει | τοῖν φειλοῖν | τοῖς φείλεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | τὸ φεῖλος | τὼ φείλει | τὰ φείλη |
| Vocative | φεῖλος | φείλει | φείλη |
| Notes: | The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. |
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References
- φεῖλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press