σεργοί

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cervī pl (“deer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /serˈʝy/ → /serˈʝi/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /serˈʝy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /serˈʝy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /serˈʝi/

Noun

σεργοί • (sergoí) (nominative plural)

1. (hapax) deer

   Synonym: ἔλαφοι (élaphoi)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Σ:

     σεργοί· ἔλαφοι

     sergoí; élaphoi

     sergoí: deer

Further reading

• “σεργοί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σεργοί”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Hesychius' Lexicon: σ