φάος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (shine). Compare φαεινός (phaeinós), φάω (pháō), and φαίνω (phaínō). Cognates include Latin iubar (radiance, light); Sanskrit भास् (bhās, light, brilliance) and भास (bhāsa, luster, light); and Old English basu (purple).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάος • (pháos) n (genitive φᾰ́εος); third declension

  1. light, especially daylight
    1. the light of a torch, fire, a light
    2. of the light or time of day
  2. (poetic) the life of men
  3. a day
  4. the light of the eyes
  5. a window
  6. (figurative or poetic) delight, deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc.
  7. the dark ring around the nipple, areola
    • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.163

Inflection

Derived terms

  • -φαής (-phaḗs)
    • ἀμφιφαής (amphiphaḗs)

References

  • φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • φάος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φάος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φάος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • φάος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • φάος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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