Save Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Πάμφως(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈpam.pʰoːs/(Classical Greek) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means “all-illuminating,” from Ancient Greek πᾶν (pan), meaning “all,” and φῶς (phos), meaning “light.” Pamphos was an Athenian tragic poet, who was a good friend of Linus of Thrace.