σύρφος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown. See σέρφος (sérphos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsir.fos/
Noun[edit]
σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos) m (genitive —); ? declension
- Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:
- σύρφος· θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς
- súrphos; thērídion mikrón, hopoîon empís
- súrphos: a small animal, like a gnat
Further reading[edit]
- “σύρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “σύρφος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- σύρφος - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.