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φᾶρος

pharos · ἡ

Pharos, of Pharos, lighthouse

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Where it lives

Odyssey 19 · 2.19/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Histories 5 · 0.27/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Pharos, of Pharos

Pharos, an island in the bay of Alexandria, Od. 4.355, E. Hel. 5, Th. 1.104, etc.; famous for its lighthouse, Str. 17.1.6, etc.: hence Φάριαι: σκοπιαὶ Φάριαι the watch-tower of Pharos, Alciphr. 2.4.

II lighthouse

as Appell., φάρος, ὁ, lighthouse, AP 9.671, 11.117 (Strat.).

In the wild

φᾶρος · pharos Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 1010–1011
φᾶρος · pharos Euripides, Hecuba 1080 (DIORISIS sentence 606)
φᾶρος · pharos Herodotus, Histories 2.122.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2427)
φᾶρος · pharos Herodotus, Histories 2.122.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2427)
φᾶρος · pharos Herodotus, Histories 9.109.1 (DIORISIS sentence 10030)
φᾶρος · pharos Herodotus, Histories 9.109.2 (DIORISIS sentence 10036)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. φᾶρος (scan p. 1606; entry #6327).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. φᾶρος (scan p. 1199; entry #8364).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. φᾶρος (scan pp. 1965-1966; entry #5890).

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