φάλλαινα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φάλαινᾰ (phálaina, “moth”)

Etymology

Traditionally derived, according to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”); see also φαλλός (phallós, “penis, phallus”). However, Beekes considers the word Pre-Greek due to variation between the single and geminate λ in its variant forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰál.lai̯.na/ → /ˈɸal.lɛ.na/ → /ˈfa.le.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰál.lai̯.na/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰal.lɛ.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸal.lɛ.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.le.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.le.na/

Noun

φάλλαινᾰ • (phállaina) f (genitive φαλλαίνης); first declension

1. whale
2. moth

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φάλλαινᾰ; τῆς φαλλαίνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φάλλαινᾰ hē phállaina	αἱ φάλλαιναι hai phállainai
Genitive	τῆς φαλλαίνης tês phallaínēs	τῶν φαλλαινῶν tôn phallainôn
Dative	τῇ φαλλαίνῃ têi phallaínēi	ταῖς φαλλαίναις taîs phallaínais
Accusative	τὴν φάλλαινᾰν tḕn phállainan	τᾱ̀ς φαλλαίνᾱς tā̀s phallaínās
Vocative	φάλλαινᾰ phállaina	φάλλαιναι phállainai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: φάλαινα (fálaina) (see there for further descendants)
• → Latin: ballaena (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “φάλλαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φάλλαινα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φάλλαινα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Noun

φάλλαινα • (fállaina) f (plural φάλλαινες)

1. Alternative form of φάλαινα (fálaina)

Declension

Declension of φάλλαινα

	singular	plural
nominative	φάλλαινα •	φάλλαινες •
genitive	φάλλαινας •	φαλλαινών •
accusative	φάλλαινα •	φάλλαινες •
vocative	φάλλαινα •	φάλλαινες •