φαράγγιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

φᾰ́ρᾰγξ f (pháranx, ravine, cleft, chasm, gully, abyss) +‎ -ῐον n (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φᾰρᾰ́γγῐον (pharángionn (genitive φᾰρᾰγγῐ́ου); second declension

  1. a small gully or ravine
    • Sp.

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: Pharangium Lapidōsum

Further reading

  • Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “φαράγγιον”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn