Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

Contraction of φαεινός (phaeinós), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawehnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wesnós, adjective noun from substantive *bʰéh₂wos (whence φάος (pháos)), from *bʰeh₂- (to shine).

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Adjective edit

φᾱνός (phānósm (feminine φᾱνή, neuter φᾱνόν); first/second declension

  1. bright, shining, resplendent

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Noun edit

φᾱνός (phānósm (genitive φᾱνου); second declension

  1. torch, lantern

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Further reading edit

  • φανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.