"φάλλαινα" meaning in Ancient Greek

See φάλλαινα in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pʰál.lai̯.na/, /ˈɸal.lɛ.na/, /ˈfa.le.na/, /pʰál.lai̯.na/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈpʰal.lɛ.na/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈɸal.lɛ.na/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈfal.le.na/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈfa.le.na/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: May be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”). See φαλλός (phallós). Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to swell}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to swell”), {{m|grc|φαλλός}} φαλλός (phallós) Head templates: {{grc-noun|φάλλαινᾰ|φαλλαίνης|f|first}} φάλλαινᾰ • (phállaina) f (genitive φαλλαίνης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|φάλλαινᾰ|ης|form=sing-plur}} Forms: φάλλαινᾰ [canonical], phállaina [romanization], φαλλαίνης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ φάλλαινᾰ [nominative, singular], αἱ φάλλαιναι [nominative, plural], τῆς φαλλαίνης [genitive, singular], τῶν φαλλαινῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ φαλλαίνῃ [dative, singular], ταῖς φαλλαίναις [dative, plural], τὴν φάλλαινᾰν [accusative, singular], τᾱ̀ς φαλλαίνᾱς [accusative, plural], φάλλαινᾰ [singular, vocative], φάλλαιναι [plural, vocative]
  1. whale Categories (lifeform): Whales
    Sense id: en-φάλλαινα-grc-noun-pdKuKG0N Disambiguation of Whales: 78 22 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
  2. moth Categories (lifeform): Moths
    Sense id: en-φάλλαινα-grc-noun-GcPW5PXI Disambiguation of Moths: 15 85 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: φάλαινᾰ (phálaina) (english: moth)

Alternative forms

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