φακός

• φᾰκόν (phakón)

Disputed. From a root *bʰaḱ- shared with Albanian bathë (“broad bean”). The initial *bʰa- is also found in Latin faba (“bean”), Proto-Slavic *bòbъ (“bean”) and Proto-Germanic *baunō (“bean”). Alternatively akin to ἀφάκη (aphákē, “vetch”), in which case possibly from Pre-Greek. An Illyrian origin has also been proposed, in which case the word could be a doublet of φάσηλος (phásēlos, “cowpea”).

However note Classical Syriac ܦܘܗܘ (pāhū), ܦܐܟܘ (paḵū, “lentil”) vs ܦܘܗܐ (pāhā, pāhū, “pimple, pustule, sore”), paralleling Akkadian 𒄘𒌉 (GU₂.TUR /⁠kakkû⁠/, “lentil”) already found in Old Akkadian vs. 𒆕𒆪𒌈 (kak-ku-tum /⁠kakkūtu⁠/, “single lentil; pimple, acne, pustule?”).[1]

φᾰκός • (phakós) m (genitive φᾰκοῦ); second declension

1. lentil (Lens culinaris) and its seed
2. anything shaped like a lentil:
   1. sort of hot water bottle
   2. mole, birthmark, spot on the skin
   3. ornament on beds

• “φακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φακός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φακός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lentil idem, page 485.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 3052b
• Löw, Immanuel (1924) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 2, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 444, about Semitic words for freckles from words for lentil. In particular “ṭlpḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, “ṭlpḥwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, “ṭlpḥn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986– – potentially the Classical Syriac ܦܐܟܘ (paḵū, “lentil”) and the Greek are the second half of this word.

From Ancient Greek φακός (phakós).

• IPA^(key): /fa.ˈkos/

φακός • (fakós) m (plural φακοί)

1. (optics) lens
2. torch (UK), flashlight (US)

• φακός επαφής m (fakós epafís, “contact lens”)
• αμφίκοιλος (amfíkoilos, “biconcave”, adjective)
• αμφίκυρτος (amfíkyrtos, “biconvex”, adjective)

• φακός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el