αἰγίλωψ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Unclear.[1]

  1. The oak sense has been argued to retain a Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak) whence Proto-Germanic *aiks (oak) and Latin aesculus (some oak).
  2. However, the haver-grass sense has been argued to derive from αἴγιλος (aígilos, haver-grass), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (goat) (whence αἴξ (aíx)).
  3. For the lachrymal fistula sense, see also ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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αἰγῐ́λωψ (aigílōpsm (genitive αἰγῐ́λωπος); third declension

  1. haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)
  2. Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) or valonia oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis)
  3. ulcer in the eye, lachrymal fistula
  4. a bulbous plant

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Latin: aegilōps m, aegilōpa f (Medieval form)
    • Translingual: Aegilops
    • English: aegilops
    • French: égilope

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “αἰγίλωψ, -ωπος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 32

Further reading

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