φωσφόρος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φαοσφόρος (phaosphóros) (Poetic)
- φαεσφόρος (phaesphóros)
Etymology
From φῶς (phôs, “light”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), from φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔːs.pʰó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰosˈpʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸosˈɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fosˈfo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fosˈfo.ros/
Adjective
φωσφόρος • (phōsphóros) m or f (neuter φωσφόρον); second declension
- That which brings light, light-bearing
- torch bearing (often as an epithet of a god or priestess)
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | φωσφόρος phōsphóros |
φωσφόρον phōsphóron |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόροι phōsphóroi |
φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóră | ||||||||
| Genitive | φωσφόρου phōsphórou |
φωσφόρου phōsphórou |
φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin |
φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin |
φωσφόρων phōsphórōn |
φωσφόρων phōsphórōn | ||||||||
| Dative | φωσφόρῳ phōsphórōi |
φωσφόρῳ phōsphórōi |
φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin |
φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin |
φωσφόροις phōsphórois |
φωσφόροις phōsphórois | ||||||||
| Accusative | φωσφόρον phōsphóron |
φωσφόρον phōsphóron |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόρους phōsphórous |
φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóră | ||||||||
| Vocative | φωσφόρε phōsphóre |
φωσφόρον phōsphóron |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόρω phōsphórō |
φωσφόροι phōsphóroi |
φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóră | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| φωσφόρως phōsphórōs |
φωσφορώτερος phōsphorṓteros |
φωσφορώτᾰτος phōsphorṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “φωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φωσφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5459 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- light idem, page 490.
Greek
Alternative forms
- φώσφορος (fósforos)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros).
Noun
φωσφόρος • (fosfóros) m (usually uncountable, plural φωσφόροι)
- (chemistry) phosphorus, the chemical element (symbol P)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | φωσφόρος (fosfóros) | φωσφόροι (fosfóroi) |
| genitive | φωσφόρου (fosfórou) | φωσφόρων (fosfóron) |
| accusative | φωσφόρο (fosfóro) | φωσφόρους (fosfórous) |
| vocative | φωσφόρε (fosfóre) | φωσφόροι (fosfóroi) |
Coordinate terms
- Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements
Further reading
- φωσφόρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el