Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φύλλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φύλλον φύλλου

Structure: φυλλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: fle/w

Sense

  1. leaf
  2. (in the plural) foliage
  3. plant

Declension

Second declension

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

  • ἐκεῖναι γὰρ ποιμένι μὲν οὐκ ἂν ὤκνησαν φανῆναι σκληρῷ ἀνδρὶ καὶ δασεῖ καὶ πολὺν τὸν ἥλιον ἐπὶ τῷ σώματι ἐμφαίνοντι, οἱῴ δὲ σοὶ ‐ καί μοι πρὸσ τῆσ Λιβανίτιδοσ ἄφεσ ἐν τῷ παρόντι τὸ μὴ σύμπαντα σαφῶσ εἰπεῖν ‐ οὐδὲ ἐγγὺσ γενέσθαι ποτ’ ἂν εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι ἠξίωσαν, ἀλλ’ ἀντὶ τῆσ δάφνησ μυρρίνῃ ἂν ἢ καὶ μαλάχησ φύλλοισ μαστιγοῦσαι ἀπήλλαξαν ἂν τῶν τοιούτων, ὡσ μὴ μιᾶναι μήτε τὸν Ὀλμειὸν μήτε τὴν τοῦ Ἵππου κρήνην, ἅπερ ἢ ποιμνίοισ διψῶσιν ἢ ποιμένων στόμασι καθαροῖσ πότιμα. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 3:6)
  • οὐδὲν χεῖρον σὺ τοῦ Ὁμήρου εἴκασασ, ὦ Χάρων, ὃσ φύλλοισ τὸ γένοσ αὐτῶν ὁμοιοῖ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 19:11)
  • τίνεσ γὰρ οἵδε βάκτρα νωμῶντεσ χεροῖν, κάρηνα φύλλοισ ἀκτέασ καταστεφεῖσ; (Lucian, 17)
  • ἀλλ’ οἳ μὲν αὐτῶν τὴν θανοῦσαν ἐκ χερῶν φύλλοισ ἔβαλλον, οἳ δὲ πληροῦσιν πυρὰν κορμοὺσ φέροντεσ πευκίνουσ, ὁ δ’ οὐ φέρων πρὸσ τοῦ φέροντοσ τοιάδ’ ἤκουεν κακά· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 4:5)
  • "τὸ δ’ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥίζαν, ὃ δὴ τῷ συνάπτοντι πρὸσ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπίκειται σπονδύλῳ, κιβωρίων ἄνθεσι καὶ φύλλοισ ὡσανεὶ καταπεπλεγμένοισ ὁμοίαν εἶχε τὴν διάθεσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3741)

Synonyms

  1. leaf

  2. foliage

  3. plant

Related

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION