Φίλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Demotic p-ꜣlq, from Late Egyptian p(ꜣ)-jw-rq (“Philae”, literally “the Island of the Turning”). Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ (pilak), Bohairic Coptic ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ (pilakh), Meroitic 𐦧𐦢𐦬𐦡𐦳𐦡 (pileqe).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰí.lai̯/ → /ˈɸi.lɛ/ → /ˈfi.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰí.lai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰi.lɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸi.lɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.le/

Proper noun

Φῐ́λαι • (Phílai) f pl (genitive Φῐλῶν); first declension

1. Philae

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Φῐ́λαι; τῶν Φῐλῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Φῐ́λαι hai Phílai
Genitive	τῶν Φῐλῶν tôn Philôn
Dative	ταῖς Φῐ́λαις taîs Phílais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Φῐ́λᾱς tā̀s Phílās
Vocative	Φῐ́λαι Phílai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Φίλες (Fíles)
• Latin: Philae

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021
• Φίλαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette