The word has been connected with φάλαγξ (phálanx, “trunk; beam”), Latin falx (“scythe”) and φάλκη (phálkē). According to Beekes, the word may well be from Pre-Greek. For the latter possibility, compare also ἄφλᾰστον (áphlaston).
φάλκης • (phálkēs) m (genitive φάλκου); first declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ φάλκης ho phálkēs |
τὼ φάλκᾱ tṑ phálkā |
οἱ φάλκαι hoi phálkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ φάλκου toû phálkou |
τοῖν φάλκαιν toîn phálkain |
τῶν φαλκῶν tôn phalkôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ φάλκῃ tôi phálkēi |
τοῖν φάλκαιν toîn phálkain |
τοῖς φάλκαις toîs phálkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν φάλκην tòn phálkēn |
τὼ φάλκᾱ tṑ phálkā |
τοὺς φάλκᾱς toùs phálkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φάλκη phálkē |
φάλκᾱ phálkā |
φάλκαι phálkai | ||||||||||
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