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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. See σέρφος (sérphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/ → /ˈsir.fos/
Noun
σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos) m (genitive —); ? declension
- Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
Further reading
- “σύρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “σύρφος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “σύρφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011