pháos

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”). Compare φαεινός (phaeinós), φάω (pháō), and φαίνω (phaínō). Cognates include Latin iubar (“radiance, light”); Sanskrit भास् (bhās, “light, brilliance”)and भास (bhāsa, “luster, light”); and Old English basu (“purple”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /pʰá.os/ → /ˈɸa.os/ → /ˈfa.os/

Noun

φάος • (pháos) n (genitive φᾰ́εος); third declension

1. light, especially daylight [ quotations ▼]
   1. the light of a torch, fire, a light [ quotations ▼]
   2. of the light or time of day [ quotations ▼]
2. (poetic) the life of men [ quotations ▼]
3. a day [ quotations ▼]
4. the light of the eyes [ quotations ▼]
5. a window [ quotations ▼]
6. (figurative or poetic) delight, deliverance, happiness, victory, glory, etc. [ quotations ▼]
7. the dark ring around the nipple, areola [ quotations ▼]