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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *pʰṓr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see φέρω (phérō)). Cognate with Latin fūr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʰɔ̌ːr/ → /ɸor/ → /for/
Noun
φώρ • (phṓr) m (genitive φωρός); third declension
- a thief
- Synonym: κλέπτης (kléptēs)
Inflection
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References
- “φώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “φώρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- φώρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.