Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸálaŋxs/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fálaŋks/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fálaŋks/

Noun

φάλαγξ • ‎(phálanx) f ‎(genitive φάλαγγος); third declension

1. battle order, array
2. line or rank of an army
3. phalanx: a clustered mass of infantry
4. main body, center (as opposed to the periphery)
5. round piece of wood: trunk, log
6. (in the plural) rollers (Latin: palangae)
7. the beam of a balance
8. the bone between two joints of a finger or toe
9. spider

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: φάλαγγα f ‎(fálanga)
• Latin: phalanx, phalanga
• Old Armenian: փաղանգ ‎(pʿałang)
  • Armenian: փաղանգ ‎(pʿałang)
• Russian: фала́нга f ‎(falánga)

References

• φάλαγξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φάλαγξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φάλαγξ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «φάλαγξ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «φάλαγξ» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • line idem, page 492.
  • phalanx idem, page 610.
  • scorpion idem, page 741.
  • spider idem, page 801.