Pyrilampes

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Gender Masculine
Usage Ancient Greek
Scripts Πυριλάμπης(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced Pron. PI-RI-LAM-PIS(Classical Greek) PIE-RI-LAM-PES(Classical Greek)  [key]

Meaning & History

From Ancient Greek πῦρ (pyr) meaning "fire" and λάμπω (lampo) "to shine". The name of Plato's stepfather, an Ancient Greek politician.

The modern Portuguese word pirilampo, "firefly", derives from this.
Added 3/14/2023 by jocatchi
Edited 3/14/2023 by jocatchi