Πνύξ
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Since ancient times it has been claimed the word is derived from πυκνός (puknós, “close-packed; dense; thick”), but the Oxford English Dictionary considers this a folk etymology with no evidence supporting it.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pnýks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pnyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pnyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pnyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pniks/
Proper noun edit
Πνύξ • (Pnúx) f (genitive Πῠκνός or Πνῠκός); third declension
- The Pnyx, Athens, Attica, Greece
Inflection edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “Πνύξ, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2022.
- “πνύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022