φῦκος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, such as Hebrew פּוּךְ (pūk, eye-rouge, antimony).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῦκος (phûkosn (genitive φῡ́κους); third declension

  1. seaweed
  2. orchil made of φῦκος (phûkos) and used as rouge by Greek women

Declension

References

  1. ^ 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, page 1595