φύλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognates include Latin folium, Old Armenian բողբոջ (bołboǰ), and English blossom.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῠ́λλον (phúllon) n (genitive φῠ́λλου); second declension

  1. leaf
  2. (in the plural) foliage
  3. plant
  4. (poetic phrase, φύλλον ἐλαίας) olive tree
    • 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 700–701:
      Χορός   [] ὃ τᾷδε θάλλει μέγιστα χώρᾳ,
      γλαυκᾶς παιδοτρόφου φύλλον ἐλαίας
      Khorós   [] hò tâide thállei mégista khṓrāi,
      glaukâs paidotróphou phúllon elaías
      Chorus: [a plant] that flourishes greatly in this land,
      the leaf of the child-nourishing gray olive tree

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: -phyllous, phyllon (uncommon)

References


Greek

Noun

φύλλον (fýllon) n

  1. Katharevousa form of φύλλο (fýllo)
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