φάρος

See also: Φάρος and φᾶρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰá.ros/ → /ˈɸa.ros/ → /ˈfa.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰá.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸa.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ros/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

φᾰ́ρος • (pháros) m (genitive φᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. pharynx

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́ρος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ φᾰ́ρος ho pháros	τὼ φᾰ́ρω tṑ phárō	οἱ φᾰ́ροι hoi phároi
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́ρου toû phárou	τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν toîn phároin	τῶν φᾰ́ρων tôn phárōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́ρῳ tôi phárōi	τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν toîn phároin	τοῖς φᾰ́ροις toîs phárois
Accusative	τὸν φᾰ́ρον tòn pháron	τὼ φᾰ́ρω tṑ phárō	τοὺς φᾰ́ρους toùs phárous
Vocative	φᾰ́ρε pháre	φᾰ́ρω phárō	φᾰ́ροι phároi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve; split; cut; rub; pierce; strike”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to bore”) and Latin forō (“I bore”).

Noun

φᾰ́ρος • (pháros) n (genitive φᾰ́ρους); third declension

1. plough
2. ploughing

   Synonym: ἄροσις (árosis)

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φᾰ́ρος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́ρος tò pháros	τὼ φᾰ́ρει tṑ phárei	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη tà phárē
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́ρους toû phárous	τοῖν φᾰροῖν toîn pharoîn	τῶν φᾰρῶν tôn pharôn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́ρει tôi phárei	τοῖν φᾰροῖν toîn pharoîn	τοῖς φᾰ́ρεσῐ / φᾰ́ρεσῐν toîs pháresi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́ρος tò pháros	τὼ φᾰ́ρει tṑ phárei	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη tà phárē
Vocative	φᾰ́ρος pháros	φᾰ́ρει phárei	φᾰ́ρη phárē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἄφᾰρος (ápharos, “unploughed”)
• ἀφᾰ́ρωτος (aphárōtos, “unploughed”)
• φᾰράω (pharáō), φᾰρόω (pharóō, “plough”)

Etymology 3

See φᾶρος (phâros).

Noun

φάρος • (pháros) n (genitive φάρους); third declension

1. Later form of φᾶρος (phâros): "large piece of cloth, web"

Related terms

• φαροφόρος (pharophóros, “clad in leathern coats -of sheep-”)

Etymology 4

Of unknown origin. Has been suggested as from Ancient Greek Φᾰ́ρος (Pháros, “Pharos”), the name of an island on which the lighthouse of Alexandria was located, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Egyptian, as well as the name of that lighthouse. Alternately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bʰar- (“log, board, plank”).

Noun

φάρος • (pháros) m

1. lighthouse

Further reading

• “φάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ros/
• Hyphenation: φά‧ρος

Noun

φάρος • (fáros) m

1. lighthouse

Declension

declension of φάρος

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	φάρος •	φάροι •
genitive	φάρου •	φάρων •
accusative	φάρο •	φάρους •
vocative	φάρε •	φάροι •

Derived terms

• αεροφάρος m (aerofáros)
• ραδιοφάρος m (radiofáros, “radio beacon”)
• φαρόπλοιο n (faróploio, “lightship”)
• φαροφύλακας m (farofýlakas, “lighthouse keeper”)
• φαροφυλακή f (farofylakí)

Further reading

• φάρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el