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φυλλάς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλλάς φυλλάδος

Structure: φυλλαδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fu/llon

Sense

  1. a heap of leaves, bed or litter of leaves
  2. the leaves or foliage, a branch or bough
  3. a tree or plant

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φυλλάς φυλλάδε φυλλάδες
Genitive φυλλάδος φυλλάδοιν φυλλάδων
Dative φυλλάδι φυλλάδοιν φυλλάσιν*
Accusative φυλλάδα φυλλάδε φυλλάδας
Vocative φυλλά φυλλάδε φυλλάδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ διηνοίχθησαν οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ τῶν δύο, καὶ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι γυμνοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἔρραψαν φύλλα συκῆσ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἑαυτοῖσ περιζώματα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 3:7)
  • καὶ ὅπωσ σημάνωσι σάλπιγξιν ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ πόλεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ εἶπεν Ἔσδρασ. ἐξέλθετε εἰσ τὸ ὄροσ, καὶ ἐνέγκατε φύλλα ἐλαίασ καὶ φύλλα ξύλων κυπαρισσίνων καὶ φύλλα μυρσίνησ καὶ φύλλα φοινίκων καὶ φύλλα ξύλου δασέοσ ποιῆσαι σκηνὰσ κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον. (Septuagint, Liber Nehemiae 8:15)

Synonyms

  1. the leaves or foliage

  2. a tree or plant

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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