σύρφος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sýr.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsyr.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsir.fos/
Etymology
Noun
σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos) ? (genitive —); ? declension
- Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
- Hesychius Σ
Further reading
- “σύρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press