Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (shine).[1]

    Compare φαεινός (phaeinós), φάω (pháō), and φαίνω (phaínō). Cognates include Latin iubar (radiance, light); Sanskrit भास् (bhās, light, brilliance) and भास (bhāsa, luster, light); and Old English basu (purple).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    φάος (pháosn (genitive φᾰ́εος); third declension

    1. light, especially daylight
      1. the light of a torch, fire, a light
      2. of the light or time of day
    2. (poetic) the life of men
    3. a day
    4. the light of the eyes
    5. a window
    6. (figurative or poetic) delight, deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc.
    7. the dark ring around the nipple, areola
      • ante 177 CE, Pollux, Onomasticon 2.163

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    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φάος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1551-2

    Further reading

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    • φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • φάος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • φάος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • φάος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • φάος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
    • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • φάος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011