φάος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”). Compare φαεινός (phaeinós), φάω (pháō), and φαίνω (phaínō). Cognates include Latin iubar (“radiance, light”); Sanskrit भास् (bhās, “light, brilliance”) and भास (bhāsa, “luster, light”); and Old English basu (“purple”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φάος • (pháos) n (genitive φᾰ́εος); third declension

  1. light, especially daylight
    1. the light of a torch, fire, a light
    2. of the light or time of day
  2. (poetic) the life of men
  3. a day
  4. the light of the eyes
  5. a window
  6. (figurative or poetic) delight, deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc.
  7. the dark ring around the nipple, areola

Inflection
Third declension of τὸ φᾰ́ος; τοῦ φᾰ́εος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ φᾰ́ος
tò pháos		 τὼ φᾰ́εε
tṑ pháee		 τᾰ̀ φᾰ́εᾰ
tà pháea
Genitive τοῦ φᾰ́εος
toû pháeos		 τοῖν φᾰέοιν
toîn phaéoin		 τῶν φᾰέων
tôn phaéōn
Dative τῷ φᾰ́εῐ̈
tôi pháeï		 τοῖν φᾰέοιν
toîn phaéoin		 τοῖς φᾰ́εσῐ / φᾰ́εσῐν
toîs pháesi(n)
Accusative τὸ φᾰ́ος
tò pháos		 τὼ φᾰ́εε
tṑ pháee		 τᾰ̀ φᾰ́εᾰ
tà pháea
Vocative φᾰ́ος
pháos		 φᾰ́εε
pháee		 φᾰ́εᾰ
pháea
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • -φαής (-phaḗs)

References
  • “φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “φάος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “φάος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φάος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φάος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • “φάος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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