ἄσπαλος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editTraditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”) and cognate with Latin squalus (“kind of big fish, shark”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”), Old Prussian kalis, and Old English hwæl (“whale”). However, according to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
edit- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
Noun
editἄσπαλος • (áspalos)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”).
Derived terms
edit- ἀσπᾰλῐεύομαι (aspalieúomai)
- ἀσπᾰλῐεύς (aspalieús)
- ἀσπᾰλῐευτής (aspalieutḗs)
- ἀσπᾰλῐευτῐκός (aspalieutikós)
- ἀσπᾰλῐ́ᾱ (aspalíā)
Further reading
edit- “ἄσπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσπαλος 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