φανός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Contraction of φαεινός (phaeinós), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰawehnós, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂wesnós, adjective noun from substantive *bʰéh₂wos (whence φάος (pháos)), from *bʰeh₂- (to shine).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (feminine φᾱνή, neuter φᾱνόν); first/second declension

  1. bright, shining, resplendent

Declension

Noun

φᾱνός • (phānós) m (genitive φᾱνου); second declension

  1. torch, lantern

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: φανός (fanós)
  • Arabic: فَانُوس (fānūs)
  • Aramaic:
    Classical Syriac: ܦܴܢܣܴܐ (pānəsā)
    Galilean: פנסא (/⁠pānəsā⁠/)
  • Hebrew: פָּנָס (pānā́s)
  • Italian: falò
  • Persian: فانوس (fânus)

Further reading

  • φανός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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