ἄβιν
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Usually connected with Latin abiēs (“silver fir”), both reflecting a root *abi-, ultimately likely from a substrate source.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
ἄβιν • (ábin) m or f
- (hapax) silver fir, pine (accusative singular)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:
- ἄβιν· ἐλάτην, οἱ δὲ πεύκη
- ábin; elátēn, hoi dè peúkē
- ábin: the fir; according to some, the pine
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄβιν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 5
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “abiēs, -etis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN