According to Beekes, the presence of the variants leads to a Pre-Greek origin.
φάγρος • (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ φᾰ́γρος ho phágros |
τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phágrō |
οἱ φᾰ́γροι hoi phágroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́γρου toû phágrou |
τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phágroin |
τῶν φᾰ́γρων tôn phágrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́γρῳ tôi phágrōi |
τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phágroin |
τοῖς φᾰ́γροις toîs phágrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φᾰ́γρον tòn phágron |
τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phágrō |
τοὺς φᾰ́γρους toùs phágrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́γρε phágre |
φᾰ́γρω phágrō |
φᾰ́γροι phágroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Might be formally and semantically identical to Old Armenian բարկ (bark, “bitter, sharp of taste”), so from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-ro- (“sharpening”).
φάγρος • (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ φᾰ́γρος ho phágros |
τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phágrō |
οἱ φᾰ́γροι hoi phágroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ φᾰ́γρου toû phágrou |
τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phágroin |
τῶν φᾰ́γρων tôn phágrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ φᾰ́γρῳ tôi phágrōi |
τοῖν φᾰ́γροιν toîn phágroin |
τοῖς φᾰ́γροις toîs phágrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν φᾰ́γρον tòn phágron |
τὼ φᾰ́γρω tṑ phágrō |
τοὺς φᾰ́γρους toùs phágrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | φᾰ́γρε phágre |
φᾰ́γρω phágrō |
φᾰ́γροι phágroi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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