γηγγήλιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γήλιγρος (gḗligros)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word shows typical Pre-Greek reduplication and prenasalization, for which γίγγλυμος (gínglumos) and γάγγαμον (gángamon) may be compared.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛːŋ.ɡɛ̌ː.liːks/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.liks/ → /ʝiɲˈɟi.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɛːŋ.ɡɛ̌ː.liːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡe̝ŋˈɡe̝.liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝiɲˈɟi.liks/

Noun

γηγγήλιξ • (gēngḗlix)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: ἄγριος μῦς (ágrios mûs, literally “field mouse”).

References

• “γηγῆλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γηγγήλιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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: γ