1. φαιός · phaios — Beekes
grey, dark grey, blackish
The corpus record
φαιός
phaios
grey, dark grey, blackish
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Categories 2 · 1.99/10k
- De Sensu et Sensibilibus 1 · 1.28/10k
- Genesis 3 · 1/10k
- Timaeus 2 · 0.85/10k
- Metaphysics 5 · 0.64/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
- Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. φαιός · phaios — Frisk
grau, dunkelgrau, schwärzlich
3. φαιός · phaios — LSJ
grey, dark-complexioned, harsh
Attestations
- φαιὸν · phaion Plato, Republic 9.585 (DIORISIS sentence 5666)
- φαιοῦ · phaiou Plato, Timaeus 68 (DIORISIS sentence 642)
- φαιὸν · phaion Plato, Timaeus 68 (DIORISIS sentence 642)
- φαιὸν · phaion Aristotle, Metaphysics book 1 (DIORISIS sentence 228)
- φαιὸν · phaion Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 1017)
- φαιὸν · phaion Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1247)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 1598; entry #6294 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1956; entry #5874 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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