φρίκες

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Frisk, from φρίσσω (phríssō, “to be rough or bristly on the surface”). However, Furnée compares βρίκελοι (bríkeloi, “beams of a standing loom”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin. Probably related also to φόρκες (phórkes, “pales”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰrí.kes/ → /ˈɸri.ces/ → /ˈfri.ces/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰrí.kes/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰri.kes/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸri.ces/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ces/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfri.ces/

Noun

φρίκες • (phríkes)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: χάρακες (khárakes, “pales”).

Further reading

• 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: φ