φάρος

Where it lives

• Electra 5 · 6.61/10k
• Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
• Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
• Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
• Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
• Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
• Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
• Heracles 1 · 1.28/10k
• Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
• Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
• Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
• Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

In the wild

• φάρεσιν · pharesin Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 10–11
• φαρέων · phareōn Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 321–328
• φάρεα · pharea Euripides, Electra 3.1230 (DIORISIS sentence 780)
• φάρεα · pharea Euripides, Electra 3.190 (DIORISIS sentence 68)
• φάρη · pharē Euripides, Electra 3 (DIORISIS sentence 775)
• φάρη · pharē Euripides, Electra (DIORISIS sentence 173)

6 of 25 attestations shown. Ask for more.

Where it came from

• Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. φάρος (scan pp. 1605-1606; entry #6325).
• Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. φάρος (scan p. 1199; entry #8363).
• Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. φάρος (scan p. 1966; entry #5891). Root candidates: *hher-, *bhör-.

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