# φαιός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Of unclear origin. The word has been compared with Latvian gaišs (“light, bright”) and Lithuanian gaĩsas (“beam of light, redness in the sky”) and reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰaiso- (“bright, shining”), though there are formal issues with this. Other reconstructions which have been proposed are *φαιϝός (*phaiwós) and *φαισϝός (*phaiswós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰai̯.ós/ → /ɸɛˈos/ → /feˈos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pʰai̯.ós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /pʰɛˈos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɸɛˈos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /feˈos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /feˈos/

### Adjective

φαιός • (phaiós) m (feminine φαιᾱ́, neuter φαιόν); first/second declension
* grey, of any colour mixed of black and white
    Synonyms: κιλλός (killós), πολιός (poliós)
* harsh (of sound)

#### Derived terms

* λευκόφαιος (leukóphaios)
* φαιουρός (phaiourós)
* φαιοχίτων (phaiokhítōn)

#### Descendants

* Greek: φαιός (faiós)
* → Translingual: phaeo-

### See also

Colors in Ancient Greek · χρώμᾰτᾰ (khrṓmătă) (layout · text) :
| λευκός (leukós) | γλαυκός (glaukós), κῐλλός (kĭllós), πολῐός (polĭós), φαιός (phaiós), χαροπός (kharopós) | ᾰ̓μαυρός (ămaurós), κελαινός (kelainós), μαυρός (maurós), μέλᾱς (mélās) |
| ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós); κᾰρῡ́κῐνος (kărū́kĭnos), κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos), φοινός (phoinós) | πυρρός (purrhós); ὄρφνῐνος (órphnĭnos) | μήλινος (mḗlinos), ξᾰνθός (xănthós); ὠχρός (ōkhrós) |
| πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos) | χλωρός (khlōrós) | χλωρός (khlōrós); χλωρομέλᾱς (khlōromélās) |
| κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos); γλαυκός (glaukós), κᾰλάϊνος (kăláïnos) | κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos) | κῠᾰ́νεος (kŭắneos), ὑᾰκῐ́νθῐνος (huăkĭ́nthĭnos) |
| ἰόεις (ióeis), φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (hălourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphŭ́reos), οἶνοψ (oînops) | φοινῑ́κεος (phoinī́keos); ᾰ̔λουργής (hălourgḗs), πορφῠ́ρεος (porphŭ́reos) | ῥόδινος (rhódinos), ῥοδόεις (rhodóeis) |

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φαιός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1547

### Further reading

* “φαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “φαιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* φαιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαιός (phaiós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /feˈos/
* Hyphenation: φαι‧ός

### Adjective

φαιός • (faiós) m (feminine φαιά, neuter φαιό)
* (formal, of colours and hues) dull (having no particular luster or brightness)
* (formal, by extension) grey, ashy (having a color somewhere between white and black)
** 1982, “Ερωτικό (Με μια πιρόγα) [Love Song (In A Pirogue)]”, in Alkis Alkaios (lyrics), Thanos Mikroutsikos (music), Εμπάργκο [Embargo], performed by Manolis Mitsias:Εδώ είναι Αττική, φαιό νταμάρι.Edó eínai Attikí, faió ntamári.This is Attica, a dull grey quarry.

#### Declension

Derivations: Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο φαιός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο φαιός, etc.)

#### Synonyms

* (dull): μουντός (mountós)
* (grey, ashy): γκρίζος (gkrízos), γκρι (gkri), σταχτής (stachtís)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “dull”): ανοιχτόχρωμος (anoichtóchromos, “lightly-coloured, light”)

#### Derived terms

* φαιά ουσία f (faiá ousía, “grey matter”)
* φαιοκίτρινος (faiokítrinos, “pale yellow, yellow-grey”)
* φαιοκόκκινος (faiokókkinos, “pale red, red-grey”)
* φαιοπράσινος (faioprásinos, “pale green, green-grey”)
* φαιοχίτων m (faiochíton, “Nazi dressed in grey”)
* φαιόχρωμος (faióchromos, “grey-coloured”)