κίσιρνις
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAccording to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster "-ρν-".
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈki.sir.nis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.sir.nis/
Noun
editκίσιρνις • (kísirnis)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: a kind of bird
References
edit- “κίσιρνις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 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: κ