κίσιρνις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κίσινδις (kísindis)
• κίσσιρις (kíssiris)

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster "-ρν-".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/ → /ˈci.sir.nis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.sir.nis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/

Noun

κίσιρνις • (kísirnis)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: a kind of bird

References

• “κίσιρνις”, 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: κ