ἀφαυρός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUnknown. Furnée compares φαῦρος (phaûros, “light”), φλαῦρος (phlaûros, “indifferent, bad”) and φαῦλος (phaûlos, “insignificant”). Beekes suggests that ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dark”) is also cognate and believes that this is a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pʰau̯.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.pʰawˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ɸaˈβros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.faˈvros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.faˈvros/
Adjective
editἀφαυρός • (aphaurós) m (feminine ἀφαυρᾱ́, neuter ἀφαυρόν); first/second declension
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀφαυρός aphaurós |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ aphaurā́ |
ἀφαυρόν aphaurón |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ aphaurā́ |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυροί aphauroí |
ἀφαυραί aphauraí |
ἀφαυρᾰ́ aphaurá | |||||
Genitive | ἀφαυροῦ aphauroû |
ἀφαυρᾶς aphaurâs |
ἀφαυροῦ aphauroû |
ἀφαυροῖν aphauroîn |
ἀφαυραῖν aphauraîn |
ἀφαυροῖν aphauroîn |
ἀφαυρῶν aphaurôn |
ἀφαυρῶν aphaurôn |
ἀφαυρῶν aphaurôn | |||||
Dative | ἀφαυρῷ aphaurôi |
ἀφαυρᾷ aphaurâi |
ἀφαυρῷ aphaurôi |
ἀφαυροῖν aphauroîn |
ἀφαυραῖν aphauraîn |
ἀφαυροῖν aphauroîn |
ἀφαυροῖς aphauroîs |
ἀφαυραῖς aphauraîs |
ἀφαυροῖς aphauroîs | |||||
Accusative | ἀφαυρόν aphaurón |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ν aphaurā́n |
ἀφαυρόν aphaurón |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ aphaurā́ |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυρούς aphauroús |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ς aphaurā́s |
ἀφαυρᾰ́ aphaurá | |||||
Vocative | ἀφαυρέ aphauré |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ aphaurā́ |
ἀφαυρόν aphaurón |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυρᾱ́ aphaurā́ |
ἀφαυρώ aphaurṓ |
ἀφαυροί aphauroí |
ἀφαυραί aphauraí |
ἀφαυρᾰ́ aphaurá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀφαυρῶς aphaurôs |
ἀφαυρότερος aphauróteros |
ἀφαυρότᾰτος aphaurótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “ἀφαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀφαυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀφαυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀφαυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀφαυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀφαυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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