"ἀφρός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀφρός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.pʰrós/, /aˈɸros/, /aˈfros/, /a.pʰrós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /aˈpʰros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /aˈɸros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /aˈfros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /aˈfros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Formally derived from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (“rain-cloud, rain, cloud”), with cognates including Sanskrit अभ्र (abhrá), Old Armenian ամբ (amb), Latin imber. However, Beekes and Frisk argue that the semantic mismatch does not justify this derivation. See also possibly related but also problematic ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rain-water; thunder-storm”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*n̥bʰrós||rain-cloud, rain, cloud}} Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰrós (“rain-cloud, rain, cloud”), {{cog|sa|अभ्र|tr=abhrá}} Sanskrit अभ्र (abhrá), {{cog|xcl|ամպ|ամբ}} Old Armenian ամբ (amb), {{cog|la|imber}} Latin imber Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓φρός|ᾰ̓φροῦ|m|second}} ᾰ̓φρός • (ăphrós) m (genitive ᾰ̓φροῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓φρός|ου}} Forms: ᾰ̓φρός [canonical], ăphrós [romanization], ᾰ̓φροῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ ᾰ̓φρός [nominative, singular], ᾰ̓φρώ [dual, nominative], οἱ ᾰ̓φροί [nominative, plural], τοῦ ᾰ̓φροῦ [genitive, singular], ᾰ̓φροῖν [dual, genitive], ᾰ̓φρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ ᾰ̓φρῷ [dative, singular], ᾰ̓φροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς ᾰ̓φροῖς [dative, plural], τὸν ᾰ̓φρόν [accusative, singular], ᾰ̓φρώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς ᾰ̓φρούς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓φρέ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓φρώ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓φροί [plural, vocative]
  1. foam, of the sea
    Sense id: en-ἀφρός-grc-noun-V8v5PyZB Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nature Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Nature: 50 50
  2. (of persons and animals) foam, slaver, froth
    Sense id: en-ἀφρός-grc-noun-qh-g5ygm Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Nature Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Nature: 50 50
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