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φρέαρ

φρέαρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φρεῖᾰρ (phreîar) Epic

Noun

φρέᾱρ (phréār) n (genitive φρέᾱτος); third declension

  1. a well

Inflection

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φρέαρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1590

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φρέαρ (phréar, well)

Noun

φρέαρ (fréar) n

  1. well (water source)
  2. shaft (of lift or elevator)
  3. deep, trench (on sea bed)
    Φρέαρ της ΚαλυψώςFréar tis Kalypsós ― Calypso Deep

Declension

Related terms

  • αρτεσιανό φρέαρ n (artesianó fréar, artesian well)

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