φοῦ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰûː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰu/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸu/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fu/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fu/
Noun[edit]
φοῦ • (phoû) n (indeclinable)
- kind of valerian (Valeriana phu)
- Synonym: ἀγρῐ́α νᾰ́ρδος (agría nárdos)
Further reading[edit]
- “φοῦ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φοῦ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette