ἴσοξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *esoxs. Compare Irish eo (“salmon”), Welsh eog (“salmon”) and Latin esox (“kind of fresh-water fish”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /í.soks/ → /ˈi.soks/ → /ˈi.soks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.soks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/

Noun

ἴσοξ • (ísox)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: ἰχθύς ποιός κητώδης (ikhthús poiós kētṓdēs, literally “kind of whale-like fish”).

Further reading

• “ἴσοξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ι