σύρφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. See σέρφος (sérphos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/ → /ˈsir.fos/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsir.fos/

Noun

σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos) m (genitive —); ? declension

1. Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
   • 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:

     σύρφος· θηρίδιον μικρόν, ὁποῖον ἐμπίς

     súrphos; thērídion mikrón, hopoîon empís

     súrphos: a small animal, like a gnat

Further reading

• “σύρφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “σύρφος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “σύρφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011