στραγγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-, whence also English string and strong.

Adjective

στραγγός • (strangós)

1. twisted

Etymology 2

Inflectional form of στράγξ (stránx, “trickle, drop”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /straŋ.ɡós/ → /straŋˈɡos/ → /straŋˈɡos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /straŋ.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/

Noun

στραγγός • (strangós) f

1. genitive singular of στράγξ (stránx)

References

• “στραγγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• στραγγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “strangle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.