φαιδρός

φαιδρός

See also: Φαῖδρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φαίνω (phaínō, “bright”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰai̯.drós/ → /ɸɛˈðros/ → /feˈðros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰai̯.drós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰɛˈdros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸɛˈðros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /feˈðros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /feˈðros/

Adjective

φαιδρός • (phaidrós) m (feminine φαίδρα, neuter φαιδρόν); first/second declension

1. bright, beaming
2. (figuratively) beaming with joy, bright, joyous, jocund

References

“φαιδρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

• “φαιδρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φαιδρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φαιδρός”, 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • animated idem, page 30.
  • beaming idem, page 66.
  • blithe idem, page 84.
  • bright idem, page 98.
  • cheerful idem, page 128.
  • dazzling idem, page 197.
  • flashing idem, page 326.
  • gay idem, page 355.
  • genial idem, page 356.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • gleaming idem, page 361.
  • gleeful idem, page 361.
  • jocund idem, page 463.
  • joyful idem, page 464.
  • lively idem, page 496.
  • merry idem, page 526.
  • radiant idem, page 668.
  • resplendent idem, page 704.
  • shining idem, page 766.
  • smiling idem, page 787.
  • sprightly idem, page 805.
  • unclouded idem, page 909.
  • vivacious idem, page 955.