Jump to content

τῦφος

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Ancient Greek

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Derived from the verb τύφω (túphō, to smoke).[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
 

Noun

[edit]

τῦφος (tûphosm (genitive τύφου); second declension

  1. smoke, vapour
  2. delusion, vanity
  3. nonsense
  4. a kind of fever

Declension

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Greek: τύφος (týfos)
  • New Latin: typhus (see there for further descendants)
  • Vulgar Latin:
    • Spanish: tufo (bad smell, stench)
    • Occitan: tuba (smoke, cloud, mist)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τύφομαι, -ω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1522

Further reading

[edit]