γολύριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.lý.ri.on/ → /ɣoˈly.ri.on/ → /ɣoˈli.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡo.lý.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈly.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈly.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈly.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈli.ri.on/

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Noun

γολύριον • (golúrion)

1. (hapax) Hesychius gives the definition as: κέλυφος (kéluphos, “case; pod, shell”), as they say in Tarentum.

References

• γολύριον 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