γάθια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée connects the word with γηθυλλίς (gēthullís, “spring onion”) and ἀγαθίς (agathís, “cake made of sesame”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡá.tʰi.a/ → /ˈɣa.θi.a/ → /ˈɣa.θi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡá.tʰi.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.tʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.θi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.θi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣa.θi.a/

Noun

γάθια • (gáthia)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἀλλαντία (allantía, “sausages”).

Further reading

• “γάθια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γάθια in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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: γ