λούππις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the geminate "-ππ-".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lǒːp.piːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlup.pis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlup.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlup.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pis/
Noun
λούππις • (loúppis)
- kite (Milvus milvus)
References
- λούππις 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