φορκόν

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée connects Φόρκυς (Phórkus), Πόρκος (Pórkos) and φαρκίς (pharkís, “wrinkle”). According to Beekes, definitely Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰor.kón/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰorˈkon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸorˈkon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /forˈkon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /forˈkon/

Adjective

φορκόν • (phorkón)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: λευκόν (leukón, “white”), πολιόν (polión, “grey”), ῥυσόν (rhusón, “wrinkled”).

References

“φορκόν”, 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
Hesychius' Lexicon: φ

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