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Πάφος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps a given name derived from πάθος (páthos, Passion). Traditional etymology links the town's name to the Greek goddess of passion Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē), as Paphos was the son of Pygmalion, a worshiper of the goddess.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Πᾰ́φος (Páphosf (genitive Πᾰ́φου); second declension

  1. Paphos, Cyprus
  2. A given name of the son of Pygmalion

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Πάφος (Páfos)
  • Latin: Paphos
  • Ottoman Turkish: باف (Baf)

References

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  • Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Πάφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Πάφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • G3974 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020
  • Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Paphus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray