ἄρπιξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄπριγδα (áprigda), ἄπριξ (áprix)
Etymology
Unknown. The variation in -γδα and the form itself suggest a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ár.piks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.piks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.piks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.piks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.piks/
Noun
ἄρπιξ • (árpix)
- Hesychius gives the definition as: εἶδος ἀκάνθης (eîdos akánthēs, literally “kind of thornbush”).
Further reading
- ἄρπιξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄρπιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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: α