φάρος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰá.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰa.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸa.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfa.ros/
Etymology 1
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Noun
φᾰ́ρος • (pháros) m (genitive φᾰ́ρου); second declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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
- 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.[1] 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
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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φάρος (pháros), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
φάρος • (fáros) m
Declension
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
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φάρος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1555
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