ἵστραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hís.traks/ → /ˈis.traks/ → /ˈis.traks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hís.traks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)is.traks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.traks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈis.traks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.traks/

Noun

ἵστραξ • (hístrax)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ὄρνις ποιός (órnis poiós, literally “kind of bird”).

References

• “ἵστραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ι