pharus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pharus (Pharos, an island off Alexandria where the famous lighthouse was located), from Ancient Greek Φάρος (Pháros).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

pharus m (genitive pharī); second declension

  1. lighthouse

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pharus pharī
Genitive pharī pharōrum
Dative pharō pharīs
Accusative pharum pharōs
Ablative pharō pharīs
Vocative phare pharī

Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: faro
  • Old French:
  • Old Leonese:
  • Old Occitan:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Old Spanish:
  • Albanian: far