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Ancient Greek
Etymology
An evident Pre-Greek word in -ηξ like πήληξ (pḗlēx), τράφηξ (tráphēx), ὄρπηξ (órpēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). It might have been folk-etymologically adapted to φῆλος (phêlos, “deceitful”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰɛ̌ː.lɛːks/ → /ˈɸi.liks/ → /ˈfi.liks/
Noun
φήληξ • (phḗlēx) m (genitive φήληκος); third declension
- wild fig
- Synonym: οἶδαξ (oîdax)
Inflection
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Further reading
- “φήληξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φήληξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φήληξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1566