βλέφαρον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • γλέφαρον (glépharon) – Doric

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably of Pre-Greek origin and cognate with βλέπω (blépō, “to see, to perceive”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βλέφᾰρον • (blépharon) n (genitive βλεφάρου); second declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) eyelid

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βλέφᾰρον; τοῦ βλεφᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βλέφᾰρον
tò blépharon		 τὼ βλεφᾰ́ρω
tṑ blephárō		 τᾰ̀ βλέφᾰρᾰ
tà bléphara
Genitive τοῦ βλεφᾰ́ρου
toû blephárou		 τοῖν βλεφᾰ́ροιν
toîn blephároin		 τῶν βλεφᾰ́ρων
tôn blephárōn
Dative τῷ βλεφᾰ́ρῳ
tôi blephárōi		 τοῖν βλεφᾰ́ροιν
toîn blephároin		 τοῖς βλεφᾰ́ροις
toîs blephárois
Accusative τὸ βλέφᾰρον
tò blépharon		 τὼ βλεφᾰ́ρω
tṑ blephárō		 τᾰ̀ βλέφᾰρᾰ
tà bléphara
Vocative βλέφᾰρον
blépharon		 βλεφᾰ́ρω
blephárō		 βλέφᾰρᾰ
bléphara
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βλεφαρίς (blepharís)

Descendants

Further reading
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