περιώγανα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περι- (peri-, “around”) +‎ ὤγανον sg (ṓganon, “spokes of the wagon wheel”).

Noun

περιώγανα • (periṓgana) n pl

1. felloes or spokes of a wheel

   Synonym: ἐπίσωτρονα (epísōtrona)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Π:

     περιώγανα· ἐπίσσωτρα. οἱ δὲ τὰς κνημίας αἳ περιπήγνυνται ταῖς ἁμάξαις

     periṓgana; epíssōtra. hoi dè tàs knēmías haì peripḗgnuntai taîs hamáxais

     periṓgana: felloes. spokes by which wagons are fixed

References

• “περιώγανα”, 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, page 1675