φῦκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from a Semitic language, such as Hebrew [script needed] (pūk, eye-rouge), [script needed] (pūkh, antimony).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φῦκος (phûkos) n (genitive φῡ́κους); third declension

  1. seaweed

Declension

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1595
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