λεβίνθιοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -ινθ-. Compare also γάλινθοι (gálinthoi, “chickpeas”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /leˈβin.θi.y/ → /leˈvin.θi.i/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /leˈbin.tʰi.y/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /leˈβin.θi.y/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /leˈvin.θi.y/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /leˈvin.θi.i/

Noun

λεβίνθιοι • (lebínthioi)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: ἐρέβινθοι (erébinthoi, “chickpeas”).

References

• “λεβίνθιοι”, 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: λ