σύρφος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sýr.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsyr.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsir.fos/

Etymology 1

Noun

σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos)

Alternative spelling of σέρφος (sérphos, “gnat, winged ant”)
- Hesychius Σ

Etymology 2

Noun

σῠ́ρφος • (súrphos)

Alternative spelling of συρφετός (surphetós, “refuse, rabble”)

Further reading

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

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