φοῦ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰûː/ → /ɸu/ → /fu/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰûː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰu/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸu/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fu/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fu/

Noun

φοῦ • (phoû) n (indeclinable)

1. kind of valerian (Valeriana phu)

   Synonym: ἀγρῐ́α νᾰ́ρδος (agría nárdos)

Further reading

• “φοῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φοῦ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette