φλέω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰlé.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰlɛ.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸle.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfle.o/

Verb

φλέω • (phléō)

I overflow, teem, abound, gush
I overflow with talk, chat idly

Derived terms

πολύφλοισβος (polúphloisbos, “loudly roaring”)

References

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

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