φιάλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φιέλη (phiélē)

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably from Pre-Greek. The word formally fits the instrument names in "-αλη" and "-αλο-", like σκυτάλη (skutálē) and γύαλον (gúalon).

Noun

φιάλη • (phiálē) f (genitive φιάλης); first declension

  1. round and shallow bowl, saucer, or pan
    Synonym: ἄρακις (árakis)

Inflection
First declension of ἡ φιάλη; τῆς φιάλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ φιάλη
hē phiálē		 τὼ φιάλᾱ
tṑ phiálā		 αἱ φιάλαι
hai phiálai
Genitive τῆς φιάλης
tês phiálēs		 τοῖν φιάλαιν
toîn phiálain		 τῶν φιαλῶν
tôn phialôn
Dative τῇ φιάλῃ
têi phiálēi		 τοῖν φιάλαιν
toîn phiálain		 ταῖς φιάλαις
taîs phiálais
Accusative τὴν φιάλην
tḕn phiálēn		 τὼ φιάλᾱ
tṑ phiálā		 τᾱ̀ς φιάλᾱς
tā̀s phiálās
Vocative φιάλη
phiálē		 φιάλᾱ
phiálā		 φιάλαι
phiálai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • φιαληφόρος (phialēphóros)
  • φιαλίδιον (phialídion)
  • φιάλιον (phiálion)
  • φιαλίς (phialís)
  • φιαλίσκα (phialíska)
  • φιαλίσκος (phialískos)
  • φιαλόω (phialóō)
  • φιαλώδης (phialṓdēs)
  • φιαλωτός (phialōtós)
  • φῐᾰλομᾰντείᾱ (phialomanteíā)

Descendants
  • Greek: φιάλη (fiáli)
  • → English: phiale
  • → Latin: fiola
  • → Middle Persian: [script needed] (pygʾl /⁠*paygāl⁠/) (possibly)

References

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “saucer, bowl”).

Noun

φιάλη • (fiáli) f (plural φιάλες)

  1. bottle
  2. (archaeology) saucer
  3. gas cylinder, gas bottle

Declension
declension of φιάλη
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φιάλη • φιάλες •
genitive φιάλης • φιαλών •
accusative φιάλη • φιάλες •
vocative φιάλη • φιάλες •

Synonyms

Further reading
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