φῦκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, such as Hebrew פּוּךְ (pūk, eye-rouge, antimony).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

  1. seaweed
  2. orchil made of φῦκος (phûkos) and used as rouge by Greek women

Declension

References

  1. 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, page 1595
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