φῦκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, such as Hebrew פּוּךְ (pūk, “eye-rouge, antimony”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰŷː.kos/ → /ˈɸy.kos/ → /ˈfi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰŷː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.kos/

Noun

φῦκος • (phûkos) n (genitive φῡ́κους); third declension

1. seaweed
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 9.7
2. orchil made of φῦκος (phûkos) and used as rouge by Greek women

Declension

Third declension of φῦκος; φῡ́κεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	φῦκος phûkos	φῡ́κει / φῡ́κεε phū́kei / phū́kee	φῡ́κεᾰ phū́kea
Genitive	φῡ́κεος / φῡ́κευς phū́keos / phū́keus	φῡκέοιν phūkéoin	φῡκέων phūkéōn
Dative	φῡ́κει / φῡ́κεῐ̈ phū́kei / phū́keï	φῡκέοιν phūkéoin	φῡ́κεσῐ / φῡ́κεσῐν phū́kesi(n)
Accusative	φῦκος phûkos	φῡ́κει / φῡ́κεε phū́kei / phū́kee	φῡ́κεᾰ phū́kea
Vocative	φῦκος phûkos	φῡ́κει / φῡ́κεε phū́kei / phū́kee	φῡ́κεᾰ phū́kea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “φῦκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φῦκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “φῦκος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• φῦκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• φῦκος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963