φάρσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”) and cognate with Proto-Germanic *brestaną (“to burst”). Previously it was connected with ἅψος (hápsos, “joint”) and μύσος (músos, “defilement”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰár.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰar.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸar.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfar.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfar.sos/

Noun

φάρσος • (phársos) n (genitive φάρσους or φάρσεος); third declension

Any piece cut off, portion
A quarter of a city
A cloth, a covering

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ φᾰ́ρσος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρσους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́ρσος tò phársos	τὼ φᾰ́ρσει tṑ phársei	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρση tà phársē
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́ρσους toû phársous	τοῖν φᾰρσοῖν toîn pharsoîn	τῶν φᾰρσῶν tôn pharsôn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́ρσει tôi phársei	τοῖν φᾰρσοῖν toîn pharsoîn	τοῖς φᾰ́ρσεσῐ / φᾰ́ρσεσῐν toîs phársesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́ρσος tò phársos	τὼ φᾰ́ρσει tṑ phársei	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρση tà phársē
Vocative	φᾰ́ρσος phársos	φᾰ́ρσει phársei	φᾰ́ρση phársē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of τὸ φᾰ́ρσος; τοῦ φᾰ́ρσεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ φᾰ́ρσος tò phársos	τὼ φᾰ́ρσει / φᾰ́ρσεε tṑ phársei / phársee	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρσεᾰ tà phársea
Genitive	τοῦ φᾰ́ρσεος / φᾰ́ρσευς toû phárseos / phárseus	τοῖν φᾰρσέοιν toîn pharséoin	τῶν φᾰρσέων tôn pharséōn
Dative	τῷ φᾰ́ρσει / φᾰ́ρσεῐ̈ tôi phársei / phárseï	τοῖν φᾰρσέοιν toîn pharséoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν φᾰ́ρσεσῐ / φᾰ́ρσεσῐν toîsi(n) phársesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ φᾰ́ρσος tò phársos	τὼ φᾰ́ρσει / φᾰ́ρσεε tṑ phársei / phársee	τᾰ̀ φᾰ́ρσεᾰ tà phársea
Vocative	φᾰ́ρσος phársos	φᾰ́ρσει / φᾰ́ρσεε phársei / phársee	φᾰ́ρσεᾰ phársea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

φαρσοφόρος (pharsophóros)
φάρσωμα (phársōma)

References

“φάρσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φάρσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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

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