κίξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, only attested in Hesychius. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/ → /ˈcik.si.os/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/

Noun

κίξιος • (kíxios)

1. (hapax) cicada

   Synonym: τέττιξ (téttix)

   • 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:

     κίξιος· τέττιξ

     kíxios; téttix

     kíxios: cicada

Descendants

• → Translingual: Cixius

Further reading

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