The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):
"The word has been connected with Latin fallō (“I deceive”) and with ἀποφώλιος (apophṓlios, “ignorant”). According to Beekes, the adjective is Pre-Greek."
φῆλος • (phêlos) m (feminine φήλη, neuter φῆλον); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | φῆλος phêlos |
φήλη phḗlē |
φῆλον phêlon |
φήλω phḗlō |
φήλᾱ phḗlā |
φήλω phḗlō |
φῆλοι phêloi |
φῆλαι phêlai |
φῆλᾰ phêla | |||||
Genitive | φήλου phḗlou |
φήλης phḗlēs |
φήλου phḗlou |
φήλοιν phḗloin |
φήλαιν phḗlain |
φήλοιν phḗloin |
φήλων phḗlōn |
φήλων phḗlōn |
φήλων phḗlōn | |||||
Dative | φήλῳ phḗlōi |
φήλῃ phḗlēi |
φήλῳ phḗlōi |
φήλοιν phḗloin |
φήλαιν phḗlain |
φήλοιν phḗloin |
φήλοις phḗlois |
φήλαις phḗlais |
φήλοις phḗlois | |||||
Accusative | φῆλον phêlon |
φήλην phḗlēn |
φῆλον phêlon |
φήλω phḗlō |
φήλᾱ phḗlā |
φήλω phḗlō |
φήλους phḗlous |
φήλᾱς phḗlās |
φῆλᾰ phêla | |||||
Vocative | φῆλε phêle |
φήλη phḗlē |
φῆλον phêlon |
φήλω phḗlō |
φήλᾱ phḗlā |
φήλω phḗlō |
φῆλοι phêloi |
φῆλαι phêlai |
φῆλᾰ phêla | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
φήλως phḗlōs |
φηλότερος phēlóteros |
φηλότᾰτος phēlótatos | ||||||||||||
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