φλέδων

Ancient Greek

The connection with φλήναφος (phlḗnaphos, “babbler; idle talk”) proves a Pre-Greek etymology, in view of the nasalization.

φλέδων • (phlédōn) m or f (genitive φλέδονος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ φλέδων; τοῦ, τῆς φλέδονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ φλέδων ho, hē phlédōn	τὼ φλέδονε tṑ phlédone	οἱ, αἱ φλέδονες hoi, hai phlédones
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς φλέδονος toû, tês phlédonos	τοῖν φλεδόνοιν toîn phledónoin	τῶν φλεδόνων tôn phledónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ φλέδονῐ tôi, têi phlédoni	τοῖν φλεδόνοιν toîn phledónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς φλέδοσῐ / φλέδοσῐν toîs, taîs phlédosi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν φλέδονᾰ tòn, tḕn phlédona	τὼ φλέδονε tṑ phlédone	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς φλέδονᾰς toùs, tā̀s phlédonas
Vocative	φλέδον phlédon	φλέδονε phlédone	φλέδονες phlédones
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.