ἀκιρίς

See also: Ἄκιρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κίρις (kíris), κίρρις (kírrhis)

Etymology

Unknown, but it may well be of Pre-Greek origin in view of the variations.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ki.rís/ → /a.ciˈris/ → /a.ciˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/

Noun

ἀκιρίς • (akirís)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).

References

• “ἀκιρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκιρίς 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: α