φωσφόρος

See also: φώσφορος and Φωσφόρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φαοσφόρος (phaosphóros) (Poetic)
• φαεσφόρος (phaesphóros)

Etymology

From φῶς (phôs, “light”) +‎ -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), from φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰɔːs.pʰó.ros/ → /ɸosˈɸo.ros/ → /fosˈfo.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰɔːs.pʰó.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰosˈpʰo.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸosˈɸo.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fosˈfo.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fosˈfo.ros/

Adjective

φωσφόρος • (phōsphóros) m or f (neuter φωσφόρον); second declension

1. That which brings light, light-bearing
2. torch bearing (often as an epithet of a god or priestess)

Declension

Second declension of φωσφόρος; φωσφόρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φωσφόρος phōsphóros	φωσφόρον phōsphóron		φωσφόρω phōsphórō	φωσφόρω phōsphórō		φωσφόροι phōsphóroi	φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóra
Genitive		φωσφόρου phōsphórou	φωσφόρου phōsphórou		φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin	φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin		φωσφόρων phōsphórōn	φωσφόρων phōsphórōn
Dative		φωσφόρῳ phōsphórōi	φωσφόρῳ phōsphórōi		φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin	φωσφόροιν phōsphóroin		φωσφόροις phōsphórois	φωσφόροις phōsphórois
Accusative		φωσφόρον phōsphóron	φωσφόρον phōsphóron		φωσφόρω phōsphórō	φωσφόρω phōsphórō		φωσφόρους phōsphórous	φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóra
Vocative		φωσφόρε phōsphóre	φωσφόρον phōsphóron		φωσφόρω phōsphórō	φωσφόρω phōsphórō		φωσφόροι phōsphóroi	φωσφόρᾰ phōsphóra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		φωσφόρως phōsphórōs			φωσφορώτερος phōsphorṓteros			φωσφορώτᾰτος phōsphorṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φωσφόρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φωσφόρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5459 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.
  • light idem, page 490.

Greek

Alternative forms

• φώσφορος (fósforos)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros).

Noun

φωσφόρος • (fosfóros) m (usually uncountable, plural φωσφόροι)

1. (chemistry) phosphorus, the chemical element (symbol P)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	φωσφόρος (fosfóros)	φωσφόροι (fosfóroi)
genitive	φωσφόρου (fosfórou)	φωσφόρων (fosfóron)
accusative	φωσφόρο (fosfóro)	φωσφόρους (fosfórous)
vocative	φωσφόρε (fosfóre)	φωσφόροι (fosfóroi)

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements

Further reading

• φωσφόρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el