γίγγλυμος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain.[1][2][3][4] Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.[4] Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ծղխնի (cłxni, door hinge) and derives both from a Mediterranean substrate.[5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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γίγγλυμος (gínglumosm

  1. hinge, joint, pivot, gudgeon
    Synonyms: θαιρός (thairós), κνώδαξ (knṓdax), στρόφιγξ (stróphinx)

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References

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  1. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916) “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 147
  2. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960) “γίγγλυμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 306
  3. ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 221a
  4. 4.0 4.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016) “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 293–294