γαύρος
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an earlier unattested *γραυρος (*gravros) (with assimilatory deletion of the *ρ (*r)), from *γλαύρος (*glávros) (with assimilation *λ (*l) > *ρ (*r)), from Byzantine Greek ἔγγραυλος (éngraulos, “sardine”) (with metathesis of the λ (l) and ρ (r)), from Ancient Greek ἔγγραυλῐς (éngraulis, “European anchovy”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]γαύρος • (gávros) m (plural γαύροι)
- anchovy
- Synonym: αντζούγια (antzoúgia) (especially preserved and salted)
- (loosely) various small fish
- a supporter of the Athens' Olympiakos football club.
- Carpinus betulus, the hornbeam, a European tree.
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | γαύρος (gávros) | γαύροι (gávroi) |
| genitive | γαύρου (gávrou) | γαύρων (gávron) |
| accusative | γαύρο (gávro) | γαύρους (gávrous) |
| vocative | γαύρε (gávre) | γαύροι (gávroi) |
References
[edit]- ^ γαύρος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 402.
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔγγραυλῐς, -εως (> ETYM)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369