ὕσταξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, probably a Pre-Greek word, given the suffix -αξ. The word can hardly be separated from ὑσσός (hussós, “javelin”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hýs.taks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ys.taks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈys.taks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈys.taks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈis.taks/
Noun
ὕσταξ • (hústax)
- Hesychius gives the definition as: πάσσαλος κεράτινος (pássalos kerátinos, literally “peg or penis made of horn”).
Further reading
- ὑσταλωπιᾷ 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: υ