φελλός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The word has been compared with φολίς (pholís, “scale”) and with Russian о́болонь (óbolonʹ, “sapwood, alburnum”) but Beekes finds this improbable.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φελλός • (phellós) m (genitive φελλοῦ); second declension

  1. cork oak (Quercus suber)
    Synonyms: θηλῠ́πρῑνος (thēlúprīnos), ἴψος (ípsos)
  2. cork, especially the corks on a net

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ φελλός; τοῦ φελλοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φελλός
ho phellós		 τὼ φελλώ
tṑ phellṓ		 οἱ φελλοί
hoi phelloí
Genitive τοῦ φελλοῦ
toû phelloû		 τοῖν φελλοῖν
toîn phelloîn		 τῶν φελλῶν
tôn phellôn
Dative τῷ φελλῷ
tôi phellôi		 τοῖν φελλοῖν
toîn phelloîn		 τοῖς φελλοῖς
toîs phelloîs
Accusative τὸν φελλόν
tòn phellón		 τὼ φελλώ
tṑ phellṓ		 τοὺς φελλούς
toùs phelloús
Vocative φελλέ
phellé		 φελλώ
phellṓ		 φελλοί
phelloí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • φέλλινος (phéllinos)
  • φελλόδρυς (phellódrus)
  • φελλόπους (phellópous)
  • φελλοχαλαστέω (phellokhalastéō)
  • φελλώ (phellṓ)
  • φελλώδης (phellṓdēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: φελλός (fellós)
  • → Arabic: فِلّ (fill), فَلّ (fall)

Further reading

Greek

Noun

φελλός • (fellós) m (plural φελλοί)

  1. cork (bottle stopper)
    Coordinate term: (screw cap) πώμα (póma)
  2. cork (material)
  3. fishing float
  4. (colloquial, derogatory) simpleton, airhead

Declension
declension of φελλός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φελλός • φελλοί •
genitive φελλού • φελλών •
accusative φελλό • φελλούς •
vocative φελλέ • φελλοί •

Further reading
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