Paphos

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάφος (Páphos).

Proper noun

Paphos

1. A city in Cyprus, known in antiquity as the birthplace of Aphrodite.

Translations

city in Cyprus

• Armenian: Պաֆոս (Pafos)
• Catalan: Pafos f
• Finnish: Pafos
• French: Paphos (fr)
• Galician: Paphos f
• Georgian: პაფოსი (ṗaposi)
• German: Paphos (de) n
• Greek: Πάφος (el) f (Páfos)

  Ancient: Πάφος f (Páphos)

• Hungarian: Páfosz (hu)
• Italian: Pafo
• Latin: Paphus f, Paphos f
• Latvian: Pafa f
• Lithuanian: Pafosas m
• Ottoman Turkish: باف (Baf)
• Polish: Pafos (pl) n
• Portuguese: Pafos (pt) m
• Russian: Па́фос (ru) m (Páfos)
• Spanish: Pafos m, Pafo m
• Turkish: Baf

Anagrams

• Sappho

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.fɔs/

Proper noun

Paphos ?

1. Paphos (a town in Cyprus)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.pʰos/, [ˈpäpʰɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.fos/, [ˈpäːfos]

Proper noun

Paphos f sg (genitive Paphī); second declension

1. Alternative form of Paphus

Declension

Second-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Paphos
Genitive	Paphī
Dative	Paphō
Accusative	Paphon
Ablative	Paphō
Vocative	Paphe
Locative	Paphī

References

• “Paphos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Paphos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.