σύρφος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sýr.pʰos/ → /ˈsyr.ɸos/ → /ˈsir.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýr.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsir.fos/

Etymology

Noun

σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos) ? (genitive —); ? declension

1. Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
   • Hesychius Σ

Further reading

• “σύρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press