λούπης
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- λούππις (loúppis)
Etymology[edit]
Furnée compares the word with λώβηξ (lṓbēx, “vulture”) and concludes that this is a Pre-Greek word, due to the interchange λώβ-/λούπ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lǔː.pɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlu.pis/
Noun[edit]
λούπης • (loúpēs)
- kite (Milvus milvus)
- Synonym: ἴκτινος (íktinos)
References[edit]
- “λούπης”, 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