γλάμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. The comparisons with Lithuanian glēmės (“slime”) and Albanian ngjomë (“humid, fresh”) are very doubtful. According to Beekes, the word may be Pre-Greek. Compare also λήμη (lḗmē, “sleep, rheum that collects in the corner of the eyes”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlá.mos/ → /ˈɣla.mos/ → /ˈɣla.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlá.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡla.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣla.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈɣla.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈɣla.mos/

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Noun

γλάμος • (glámos)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μύξα (múxa, “mucus, slime”).

Derived terms

• γλᾰμᾰ́ω (glămắō)
• γλᾰμῠρός (glămŭrós)
• γλᾰμώδης (glămṓdēs)
• γλᾰ́μων (glắmōn)

Descendants

• → Latin: gramiae

Further reading

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