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