pharos

From Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛəɹɒs/

pharos (plural pharoses or pharoi)

1. (historical) An ancient lighthouse or beacon to guide sailors.
   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:

     He […] built a Pharos, or Light House.

2. (figuratively) That which stands out; a shining light.
   • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 39:

     The house was not very felicitously titled, said many: it was no academic pharos.

• phasor

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰa.roːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfaː.ros]

pharōs

1. accusative plural of pharus