σελίαρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the ending in -ρ, which is found also in ἐλίμαρ (elímar, “kind of grain”), κύδαρ (kúdar, “grave”) and νῶκαρ (nôkar, “lethargy”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /seˈli.ar/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /seˈli.ar/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /seˈli.ar/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /seˈli.ar/
Noun
σελίαρ • (selíar)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: φοῖνιξ (phoînix, “purple or crimson; date palm”).
Further reading
- “σελίαρ”, 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: σ