ἴσοξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *esoxs. Compare Irish eo (“salmon”), Welsh eog (“salmon”) and Latin esox (“kind of fresh-water fish”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /í.soks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.soks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.soks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.soks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.soks/
Noun
ἴσοξ • (ísox)
- Hesychius gives the definition as: ἰχθύς ποιός κητώδης (ikhthús poiós kētṓdēs, literally “kind of whale-like fish”).
Further reading
- ἴσοξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ι