κύδαρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -αρ, which can be seen also in ἴκταρ (íktar), σκίναρ (skínar) and σῦφαρ (sûphar).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.dar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ðar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ðar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ðar/
Noun
κύδαρ • (kúdar)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: τάφος (táphos, “grave”).
References
- “κύδαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ