φάγρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

According to Beekes, the presence of the variants leads to a Pre-Greek origin.

Alternative forms

  • πάγρος (págros)
  • φαγρώριος (phagrṓrios)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάγρος (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension

  1. red porgy (Pagrus pagrus)
Inflection
Descendants

Etymology 2

Might be formally and semantically identical to Old Armenian բարկ (bark, bitter, sharp of taste), so from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂g-ro- (sharpening).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φάγρος (phágros) m (genitive φάγρου); second declension

  1. Cretan word for whetstone
Inflection

Further reading

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