βάρβαξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bár.baks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbar.baks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβar.βaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvar.vaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvar.vaks/
Noun
editβάρβαξ • (bárbax)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: a Libyan hawk or falcon.
References
edit- “βάρβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βάρβαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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: β