φάρος

See also: Φάρος and φᾶρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation
 

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 • (pháros) n (genitive φάρεος or φᾰ́ρους); third declension

  1. plough
  2. ploughing
    Synonym: ἄροσις (árosis)
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φᾰ́ρος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρους (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φᾰ́ρος
tò pháros		 τὼ φᾰ́ρει
tṑ phárei		 τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη
tà phárē
Genitive τοῦ φᾰ́ρους
toû phárous		 τοῖν φᾰροῖν
toîn pharoîn		 τῶν φᾰρῶν
tôn pharôn
Dative τῷ φᾰ́ρει
tôi phárei		 τοῖν φᾰροῖν
toîn pharoîn		 τοῖς φᾰ́ρεσῐ / φᾰ́ρεσῐν
toîs pháresi(n)
Accusative τὸ φᾰ́ρος
tò pháros		 τὼ φᾰ́ρει
tṑ phárei		 τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρη
tà phárē
Vocative φᾰ́ρος
pháros		 φᾰ́ρει
phárei		 φᾰ́ρη
phárē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • ἄφᾰρος (ápharos, “unploughed”)
  • ἀφᾰ́ρωτος (aphárōtos, “unploughed”)
  • φᾰράω (pharáō), φᾰρόω (pharóō, “plough”)

Etymology 2

See φᾶρος (phâros).

Noun

φάρος • (pháros) n (genitive φάρους); third declension

  1. Later form of φᾶρος (phâros): "large piece of cloth, web"
  • φαροφόρος (pharophóros, “clad in leathern coats -of sheep-”)

Etymology 3

Unknown.[1] Has been suggested as from Φᾰ́ρος (Pháros, “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

  1. lighthouse
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ φᾰ́ρος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φᾰ́ρος
ho pháros		 τὼ φᾰ́ρω
tṑ phárō		 οἱ φᾰ́ροι
hoi phároi
Genitive τοῦ φᾰ́ρου
toû phárou		 τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν
toîn phároin		 τῶν φᾰ́ρων
tôn phárōn
Dative τῷ φᾰ́ρῳ
tôi phárōi		 τοῖν φᾰ́ροιν
toîn phároin		 τοῖς φᾰ́ροις
toîs phárois
Accusative τὸν φᾰ́ρον
tòn pháron		 τὼ φᾰ́ρω
tṑ phárō		 τοὺς φᾰ́ρους
toùs phárous
Vocative φᾰ́ρε
pháre		 φᾰ́ρω
phárō		 φᾰ́ροι
phároi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. 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
A lighthouse.

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

  1. lighthouse

Declension
declension of φάρος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative φάρος • φάροι •
genitive φάρου • φάρων •
accusative φάρο • φάρους •
vocative φάρε • φάροι •

Derived terms
  • αεροφάρος m (aerofáros)
  • ραδιοφάρος m (radiofáros, “radio beacon”)
  • φαρόπλοιο n (faróploio, “lightship”)
  • φαροφύλακας m (farofýlakas, “lighthouse keeper”)
  • φαροφυλακή f (farofylakí)

See also

References
  1. φάρος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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