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
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 • (phắros) n (genitive φάρεος or φᾰ́ρους); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ φᾰ́ρος tò phắros |
τὼ φᾰ́ρει tṑ phắrei |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη tằ phắrē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́ρους toû phắrous |
τοῖν φᾰροῖν toîn phăroîn |
τῶν φᾰρῶν tôn phărôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́ρει tōî phắrei |
τοῖν φᾰροῖν toîn phăroîn |
τοῖς φᾰ́ρεσῐ / φᾰ́ρεσῐν toîs phắresĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ φᾰ́ρος tò phắros |
τὼ φᾰ́ρει tṑ phắrei |
τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη tằ phắrē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́ρος phắros |
φᾰ́ρει phắrei |
φᾰ́ρη phắrē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Related terms
- ἄφᾰρος (áphăros, “unploughed”)
- ἀφᾰ́ρωτος (aphắrōtos, “unploughed”)
- φᾰράω (phăráō), φᾰρόω (phăróō, “plough”)
Etymology 2
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 3
Unknown.[1] Has been suggested as from Φᾰ́ρος (Phắros, “Pharos”), the name of an island on which the lighthouse of Alexandria was located, possibly from Egyptian, as well as the name of that lighthouse. Alternately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰar- (“log, board, plank”).
Noun
φάρος • (pháros) m
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φᾰ́ρος ho phắros |
τὼ φᾰ́ρω tṑ phắrō |
οἱ φᾰ́ροι hoi phắroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́ρου toû phắrou |
τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν toîn phắroin |
τῶν φᾰ́ρων tôn phắrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́ρῳ tōî phắrōi |
τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν toîn phắroin |
τοῖς φᾰ́ροις toîs phắrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φᾰ́ρον tòn phắron |
τὼ φᾰ́ρω tṑ phắrō |
τοὺς φᾰ́ρους toùs phắrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́ρε phắre |
φᾰ́ρω phắrō |
φᾰ́ροι phắroi | ||||||||||
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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
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 Koine Greek φάρος (pháros), from the Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros), the island at Alexandria's port and its famous lighthouse. Uncertain.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfa.ros/
- Hyphenation: φά‧ρος
Noun
φάρος • (fáros) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φάρος (fáros) | φάροι (fároi) |
| genitive | φάρου (fárou) | φάρων (fáron) |
| accusative | φάρο (fáro) | φάρους (fárous) |
| vocative | φάρε (fáre) | φάροι (fároi) |
Derived terms
- αεροφάρος m (aerofáros)
- ραδιοφάρος m (radiofáros, “radio beacon”)
- φαρόπλοιο n (faróploio, “lightship”)
- φαροφύλακας m (farofýlakas, “lighthouse keeper”)
- φαροφυλακή f (farofylakí)
See also
- φάρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
References
- ^ φάρος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language