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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
It has been assumed a derivation with a reduced grade from φέρω (phérō, “to carry”), beside a full grade in φέρετρον (phéretron, “bier, litter”). However, because a reduced grade is not accepted anymore since the laryngeal theory, a loanword with a folk-etymological adaptation should be considered.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰa.ré.traː/ → /ɸaˈre.tra/ → /faˈre.tra/
Noun
φᾰρέτρᾱ • (pharétrā) f (genitive φᾰρέτρᾱς); first declension
- quiver for arrows
- Synonyms: γωρυτός (gōrutós), ὀϊστοθήκη (oïstothḗkē)
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Further reading
- “φαρέτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φαρέτρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φαρέτρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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