Φάρος

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See also: φάρος and φᾶρος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Uncertain. In one proposed etymology the Ancient Greek name comes from the (unattested) Egyptian name for the island, corresponding to Coptic ⲫⲁⲣⲉϩ (phareh, “the guard”) = ⲫ- (ph-, the) +‎ ⲁⲣⲉϩ (areh, guard);

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Φᾰ́ρος (Phárosf (genitive Φᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. Pharos (a former island off Alexandria, Egypt)

Inflection

Proper noun

Φάρος (Phárosm

  1. The Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Paul Ernst Jablonski (1804) Opuscula, volume 1, Leyden: A. & J. Honkoop, page 377 ff.
  2. ^ Strabo (no later than 23 CE) “Chapter XVII, §§ 6 & 9”, in Geographica.

Further reading

  • Φάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Φάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Φάρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,021