στέμφυλον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in paraphrase):

"A full-grade variant of σταφυλή (staphulḗ, grape). No further etymology; perhaps Pre-Greek, if the -μ- is interpreted as prenasalization.[1] This word has also been connected with the verb στέμβω (stémbō, to shake about, agitate)."

Pronunciation

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Noun

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στέμφῠλον (stémphulonn (genitive στεμφῠ́λου); second declension

  1. mass of olives from which the oil has been pressed
  2. mass of pressed grapes

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στέμφυλον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1398

Further reading

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