γέλενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Furnée, from Pre-Greek and related to σχέλινος (skhélinos, “wild cypress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡé.le.nos/ → /ˈʝe.le.nos/ → /ˈʝe.le.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡé.le.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.le.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.le.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.le.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝe.le.nos/

Noun

γέλενος • (gélenos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἀσφόδελος (asphódelos, “asphodel”), νάρκισσος (nárkissos, “daffodil”).

References

• γέλενος 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: γ