φορκόν
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Furnée connects Φόρκυς (Phórkus), Πόρκος (Pórkos) and φαρκίς (pharkís, “wrinkle”). According to Beekes, definitely Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰor.kón/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰorˈkon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸorˈkon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /forˈkon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /forˈkon/
Adjective[edit]
φορκόν • (phorkón)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: λευκόν (leukón, “white”), πολιόν (polión, “grey”), ῥυσόν (rhusón, “wrinkled”).
References[edit]
- “φορκόν”, 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: φ