γελσόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of an "-σ-" after a resonant.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡel.són/ → /ʝelˈson/ → /ʝelˈson/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡel.són/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡelˈson/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ʝelˈson/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ʝelˈson/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ʝelˈson/

Adjective

γελσόν • (gelsón)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἀτυχές (atukhés, “unfortunate”).

Further reading

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