ὀρφός
Epinephelus marginatus
#nm_0395📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- orphos
- IPA
- /or.pʰós/
Origin unknown ↳ Often compared with ὄρφνη órphnē (darkness of night), for the fish's dark colouring, but the connection is not established ↳ Bechtel's link to ὀρφανός orphanós (orphan), alluding to its solitary habits, lacks semantic justification ↳ Modern Greek ροφός rofós descends from it
Dusky grouper, prized but now protected
Lent to: Ροφός