φάρος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to carve; split; cut; rub; pierce; strike”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *burōną (“to bore”) and Latin forō (“I bore”).

Noun

φᾰ́ρος • (pháros) n (genitive φάρεος or φᾰ́ρους); third declension

1. plough
2. ploughing

   Synonym: ἄροσις (árosis)

Inflection

Related terms

• ἄφᾰρος (ápharos, “unploughed”)
• ἀφᾰ́ρωτος (aphárōtos, “unploughed”)
• φᾰράω (pharáō), φᾰρόω (pharóō, “plough”)

Etymology 2

See φᾶρος (phâros).

Noun

φάρος • (pháros) n (genitive φάρους); third declension

1. Later form of φᾶρος (phâros): "large piece of cloth, web"

Related terms

• φαροφόρος (pharophóros, “clad in leathern coats -of sheep-”)

Etymology 3

Unknown. Has been suggested as from Φᾰ́ρος (Pháros, “Pharos”), the name of an island on which the lighthouse of Alexandria was located, possibly from Egyptian, as well as the name of that lighthouse. Alternately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰar- (“log, board, plank”).

Noun

φάρος • (pháros) m

1. lighthouse

Inflection

References

Further reading

• “φάρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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

Greek

Etymology

From Koine Greek φάρος (pháros), from the Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros), the island at Alexandria's port and its famous lighthouse. Uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfa.ros/
• Hyphenation: φά‧ρος

Noun

φάρος • (fáros) m

1. lighthouse

Declension

Derived terms

• αεροφάρος m (aerofáros)
• ραδιοφάρος m (radiofáros, “radio beacon”)
• φαρόπλοιο n (faróploio, “lightship”)
• φαροφύλακας m (farofýlakas, “lighthouse keeper”)
• φαροφυλακή f (farofylakí)

See also

• φάρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

References