Φώρ

thief

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Oct 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 7 words

[Meaning] a robber.¹ The dative [is] fwri/.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φώρ· ὁ κλέπτης. ἡ δοτικὴ φωρί.

Betacode

*fw/r: o( kle/pths. h( dotikh\ fwri/.

Notes (2)

cf. phi 665, phi 667.
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. ↩
2Attested only, besides here, in the hexameter poem On Forecasts by the astrologer Maximus (mu 174): fw/r e)pi\ fwri\ kurh/sei. ↩

Linked from1 entry

φ665Φῶραςthieves[Meaning] brigands/pirates/robbers. [sc. The term comes] from enquiring after a theft.

Neighbouring entries

φ660Φῶνοςvoiced φ661ΦωνῶI call by name, I speak of φ662Φώρthief φ663Φωραθείςhaving been detected φ664Φωρᾶνto search (after a thief or theft)

Revision history3 revisions · last 12 Apr 2014

12 Apr 2014coding — Catharine Roth
17 Dec 2013another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
15 Oct 2006x-refs — David Whitehead
15 Oct 2006Translated — Catharine Roth