φρέαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φρεῖᾰρ (phreîăr)Epic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰrḗwər, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₁wr̥ (well, source) (whence Sanskrit भुर्वन् (bhurván, restless movement of water), Old Armenian աղբիւր (ałbiwr, fountain, source), Proto-Germanic *brunnô), from *bʰrewh₁-, which is cognate with Latin ferveō, English burn, brew. The original vowel sequence *ηᾰ (*ēă) was changed to εᾱ () by quantitative metathesis.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φρέᾱρ • (phréārn (genitive φρέᾱτος); third declension

  1. artificial well
  2. tank, cistern, reservoir
    Synonym: λάκκος (lákkos)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Translingual: Felicia phrear, Limopsis phrear
  • Dutch: phreatisch
  • English: phreatic, phreaticole, phreaticolous, phreatobiology, phreatomagmatic, phreatomagmatism, phreatophyte, phreatophytic, phreatoplinian
  • French: phréaticole, phréatique, phréatobie, phréatobiologie, phréatomagmatique, phréatomagmatisme, phréatophile, phréatophyte, phréatoplinien
  • German: phreatisch
  • Greek: φρέαρ (fréar)
  • Latin: phreāticola, phreāticus

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, well).

Noun

φρέαρ • (fréarn (plural φρέατα)

  1. well (water source)
    Synonym: πηγάδι (pigádi)
  2. shaft (of lift or elevator)
  3. manhole
  4. deep, trench (on sea bed)
    Φρέαρ της ΚαλυψώςFréar tis KalypsósCalypso Deep

Declension

Declension of φρέαρ
singular plural
nominative φρέαρ (fréar) φρέατα (fréata)
genitive φρέατος (fréatos) φρεάτων (freáton)
accusative φρέαρ (fréar) φρέατα (fréata)
vocative φρέαρ (fréar) φρέατα (fréata)

Derived terms

Further reading