φωσφόρος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From φῶς (phôs, “light”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “bearing”), from φέρω (phérō, “I carry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰɔːs.pʰó.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰosˈpʰo.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸosˈɸo.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fosˈfo.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fosˈfo.ros/
Adjective
[edit]φωσφόρος • (phōsphóros) m or f (neuter φωσφόρον); second declension
- That which brings light, light-bearing
- torch bearing (often as an epithet of a god or priestess)
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- φώσφορος (fósforos)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros).
Noun
[edit]φωσφόρος • (fosfóros) m (usually uncountable, plural φωσφόροι)
- (chemistry) phosphorus, the chemical element (symbol P)
Declension
[edit]Declension of φωσφόρος
Coordinate terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- φωσφόρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeh₂- (shine)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -φόρος
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
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