φιαρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Reminiscent of πιαρός (piarós) and φαιδρός (phaidrós). According to Furnée, the adjective is probably of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.a.rós/ → /ɸi.aˈros/ → /fi.aˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.a.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.aˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.aˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.aˈros/

Adjective

φιαρός • (phiarós) m (feminine φῐᾰρή, neuter φῐᾰρόν); first/second declension

1. gleaming, shining, bright
2. sleek (of a bird)

Inflection

First and second declension of φῐᾰρός; φῐᾰρή; φῐᾰρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φῐᾰρός phiarós	φῐᾰρή phiarḗ	φῐᾰρόν phiarón		φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ	φῐᾰρᾱ́ phiarā́	φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ		φῐᾰροί phiaroí	φῐᾰραί phiaraí	φῐᾰρᾰ́ phiará
Genitive		φῐᾰροῦ phiaroû	φῐᾰρῆς phiarês	φῐᾰροῦ phiaroû		φῐᾰροῖν phiaroîn	φῐᾰραῖν phiaraîn	φῐᾰροῖν phiaroîn		φῐᾰρῶν phiarôn	φῐᾰρῶν phiarôn	φῐᾰρῶν phiarôn
Dative		φῐᾰρῷ phiarôi	φῐᾰρῇ phiarêi	φῐᾰρῷ phiarôi		φῐᾰροῖν phiaroîn	φῐᾰραῖν phiaraîn	φῐᾰροῖν phiaroîn		φῐᾰροῖς phiaroîs	φῐᾰραῖς phiaraîs	φῐᾰροῖς phiaroîs
Accusative		φῐᾰρόν phiarón	φῐᾰρήν phiarḗn	φῐᾰρόν phiarón		φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ	φῐᾰρᾱ́ phiarā́	φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ		φῐᾰρούς phiaroús	φῐᾰρᾱ́ς phiarā́s	φῐᾰρᾰ́ phiará
Vocative		φῐᾰρέ phiaré	φῐᾰρή phiarḗ	φῐᾰρόν phiarón		φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ	φῐᾰρᾱ́ phiarā́	φῐᾰρώ phiarṓ		φῐᾰροί phiaroí	φῐᾰραί phiaraí	φῐᾰρᾰ́ phiará
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φῐᾰρῶς phiarôs				φῐᾰρώτερος phiarṓteros				φῐᾰρώτᾰτος phiarṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “φιαρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φιαρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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