φύρω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain, with Beekes suggesting Pre-Greek origin based on the opaque phonology and semantic domain. May be related to φορῡ́νω (phorū́nō, to be mingled) and/or πορφῡ́ρω (porphū́rō, to heave, surge up).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

φῡ́ρω • (phū́rō)

  1. to mix something dry with something wet
  2. to soil, defile, sully
  3. (figurative) to mingle together, confuse, mix up
  4. (passive voice) to mingle with, have dealings with (people)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ἀναφῡ́ρω (anaphū́rō)
  • συμφῡρμός (sumphūrmós)
  • συμφῡ́ρω (sumphū́rō)
  • συναναφῡ́ρω (sunanaphū́rō)
  • φῡ́ραμα (phū́rama)
  • φῡράω (phūráō)
  • φῡ́ρδην (phū́rdēn)
  • φῡρός (phūrós)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φῡ́ρω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1598

Further reading

  • φύρω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • φύρω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • φύρω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • φύρω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
  • φύρω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • φύρω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.