φυλῶν (phylon)

φυλῶν is an Ancient Greek form of φυλή, meaning “tribe”.

It can also be a form of φυλάζω, “guard”. It is the future active participle vocative singular masculine.

It can also be a form of φῦλον, “tribe, race”. It is the genitive plural neuter noun.

Found 85 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Pericles 3.1: Περικλῆς γὰρ ἦν τῶν μὲν φυλῶν Ἀκαμαντίδης, τῶν δὲ δήμων Χολαργεύς, οἴκου δὲ καὶ γένους τοῦ πρώτου κατʼ ἀμφοτέρους. Ξάνθιππος γὰρ ὁ νικήσας …

Plutarch, De Defectu Oraculorum 37·2: μάλιστα δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀέρος κοίνωσιν τὴν ὕδατος διὰ τὸ πολλῶν, ὥσπερ εἴρηται, τῶν ἄλλων φύλων ἀναπεπλησμένʼ ἀπελθεῖν. οὐ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς διέστησεν οὐδὲ διῴκισε τὴν οὐσίαν, ἀλλʼ ὑπʼ αὐτῆς διεστῶσαν αὐτὴν καὶ φ …

Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians 56.3: … ίν ʽεἰσὶ δʼ οἱ μὲν εἰς Διονύσια κατὰ φυλάς, εἰς Θαργήλια δὲ δυεῖν φυλαῖν εἷς· παρέχει δʼ ἐν μέρει ἑκατέρα τῶν φυλῶν̓, τούτοις τὰς ἀντιδόσεις ποιεῖ καὶ τὰς σκήψεις εἰσάγει, ἐάν τις ἢ λελῃτουργηκέναι φῇ πρότερον ταύτην τὴν λῃτου …

All forms of φυλή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.