Contested. Furnée adduces βαλόν (balón, “sky”); if the identification is correct, the word may be of Pre-Greek origin.
φᾰ́λος • (phálos) m (genitive φᾰ́λου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ φᾰ́λος ho phálos |
τὼ φᾰ́λω tṑ phálō |
οἱ φᾰ́λοι hoi pháloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́λου toû phálou |
τοῖν φᾰ́λοιν toîn pháloin |
τῶν φᾰ́λων tôn phálōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́λῳ tôi phálōi |
τοῖν φᾰ́λοιν toîn pháloin |
τοῖς φᾰ́λοις toîs phálois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φᾰ́λον tòn phálon |
τὼ φᾰ́λω tṑ phálō |
τοὺς φᾰ́λους toùs phálous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́λε phále |
φᾰ́λω phálō |
φᾰ́λοι pháloi | ||||||||||
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