ἄλιψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been connected with Old Armenian աղիւս (ałiws, “brick”), αἰγίλιψ (aigílips, “steep”) of unknown origin, and ἠλίβατος (ēlíbatos, “high, steep”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/ → /ˈa.lips/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/

Noun

ἄλιψ • (álips)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).

References

• “ἄλιψ”, 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: α