ζόφος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *dzópʰos. Beekes claims it's Pre-Greek.[1] But compare Ζέφυρος (Zéphuros), connected by some to Proto-Indo-European *h₃yebʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ζόφος (zóphosm (genitive ζόφου); second declension

  1. darkness, gloom
  2. the dark quarter; the west

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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, page 502

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