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φάραγγος (pharangos)

φάραγγος is an Ancient Greek form of φάραγξ, meaning “ravine, gorge”. It is the genitive singular feminine noun.

Found 38 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 2.356: ἄκρην ἐκ μεγάλης προχοὰς ἵησι φάραγγος.

John of Damascus, Saint, Vita Barlaam et Joasaph 24.204: ἐξελθόντι δὲ καὶ τὰς ἐρήμους ἐμπεριπατοῦντι ὁρᾶται αὐτῷ ἀνήρ τις ἐκ φάραγγός τινος ἐξερχόμενος. τοῦ δὲ καταδιώκειν αὐτὸν κελεύσαντος, φθάνουσι τὸ τάχος, καὶ συλλαβόντες πρὸς αὐτὸν ἄγουσι …

All forms of φάραγξ (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.