πυροφάνι
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From πῦρ (pûr, “fire”) + φᾱνῐ́ον (phāníon, “lantern”), derived from φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear, to shine”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
πυροφάνι • (pyrofáni) n (plural πυροφάνια)
- (fishing) fishing light attractor (fishing aid which uses lights attached to structure above water or suspended underwater to attract fish)
- 1940, Alekos Sakellarios, Christos Gianakopoulos, Christos Chairopoulos, Ψαροπούλα [Fisherman's Daughter]:
- Έφυγε με το πυροφάνι κι ούτε πια πίσω δεν εφάνει
- Éfyge me to pyrofáni ki oúte pia píso den efánei
- He left with the fishing light and never more appeared again.
- 1958, Thanos Sofos, Tonis Maroudas, Και η βάρκα γύρισε μόνη [And the boat came back alone]:
- Με σβησμένο πυροφάνι
Κάποια νύχτα σκοτεινή
Μπήκε μέσα στο λιμάνι
η βαρκούλα η ορφανή.- Me svisméno pyrofáni
Kápoia nýchta skoteiní
Bíke mésa sto limáni
i varkoúla i orfaní. - With a turned off fishing light,
One dark night,
The orphaned boat
Came into the harbour.
- Me svisméno pyrofáni
- (fishing, by extension) The method of fishing that uses such a fish attractor.
- Ο ψαράς πήγε για πυροφάνι.
- O psarás píge gia pyrofáni.
- The fisherman went fishing with an attractor.
- (colloquial, military) A type of hazing where lit paper is inserted between the toes of a sleeping soldier.
Declension[edit]
declension of πυροφάνι
case \ number | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | πυροφάνι • | πυροφάνια • |
genitive | πυροφανιού • | πυροφανιών • |
accusative | πυροφάνι • | πυροφάνια • |
vocative | πυροφάνι • | πυροφάνια • |
Related terms[edit]
- καψώνι n (kapsóni, “hazing”)