φάλαγξ
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- line of battle, battle-array
- (in the plural) ranks of an army
- phalanx, a clustered mass of infantry
- main body, center (as opposed to the periphery)
- round piece of wood, trunk, log
- (in the plural) rollers for moving heavy loads
- beam of a balance or steelyard
- bone between two joints of a finger or toe
- row of eyelashes
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (beam, pile, prop, plank, thick plank, balk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰelǵ-
Gloss
beam, pile, prop, plank, thick plank, balk
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- phalanger English
- phalanx English
- *palanga Latin
- palanca Latin
- phalanga Latin
- phalangem Latin
- phalangem, phalanx Latin
- phalangium Latin
- phalanx Latin
- planca Latin
- sufflamen Latin
- palánk Hungarian
- falange Italian
- falanghina Italian
- falanx Dutch, Flemish
- phalange French
- phalangette French
- phalangien French
- phalangine French
- planche French
- фаланга Russian
- Falange Spanish, Castilian
- falange Spanish, Castilian
- palanca Spanish, Castilian
- φαλάγγιον Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ, φάλαγξ Ancient Greek
- φᾰ́λᾰγξ Ancient Greek
- *bʰelǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- falange Portuguese
- *balkô Proto-Germanic
- *blukką Proto-Germanic
- *bulkô Proto-Germanic
- falang Swedish
- falanga Polish
- bouk Middle English
- falang Irish
- falange Catalan, Valencian
- φάλαγγα Greek (modern)
- փաղանգ Old Armenian
- bligë Albanian
- pleng Albanian
- *bliga Proto-Albanian