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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pʰorgʷā́ and cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀣 (po-qa /pʰorgʷā/); equivalent to φέρβω (phérbō, “to feed”) + -η (-ē, abstract noun suffix). The first element is of unknown origin; Beekes calls it an agricultural word, which could imply a substrate source.[1] Another suggestion is Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʷ- (“to feed”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰor.bɛ̌ː/ → /ɸorˈβi/ → /forˈvi/
Noun
φορβή • (phorbḗ) f (genitive φορβῆς); first declension (Homeric)
- (Homeric) forage, fodder, food, booty
Inflection
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φέρβω, -ομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1561-2
- ^ Weiss, Michael (2018) “Limited Latin Grassmann's Law: Do We Need It?”, in Dieter Gunkel, Stephanie W. Jamison, Angelo O. Mercado and Kazuhiko Yoshida, editors, Vina Diem Celebrent: Studies in Linguistics and Philology in Honor of Brent Vine, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press, page 440 of 438–447
Further reading
- “φορβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φορβή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φορβή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “φορβή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.