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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin in view of its connection with φλέδων (phlédōn, “babbler”), which shows nasalization. Other words belong to this group, like φληνύω (phlēnúō, “to babble”) and φλανύσσει (phlanússei, “to talk nonsense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰlɛ̌ː.na.pʰos/ → /ˈɸli.na.ɸos/ → /ˈfli.na.fos/
Noun
φλήνᾰφος • (phlḗnaphos) m (genitive φληνᾰ́φου); second declension
- idle talk, nonsense
- Synonyms: ὕθλος (húthlos), φλῠ́ᾱρος (phlúāros)
- babbler, chatterbox
- Synonym: φλέδων (phlédōn)
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Further reading
- “φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φλήναφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φλήναφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN