φαιδρός

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See also: Φαῖδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The stem is φαιδ- (phaid-), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰh₂eyd- (“bright, clear”), whence also Lithuanian gaidrùs (“bright, clear”), gaidrà (“cloudless heaven, clear weather”), giẽdras (“clear, serene”).[1]

Older theories derived the word from φαίνω (phaínō, “bright”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

φαιδρός • (phaidrós) m (feminine φαίδρα, neuter φαιδρόν); first/second declension

  1. bright, beaming
  2. (figuratively) beaming with joy, bright, joyous, jocund

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φαίδιμος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1544

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