πίφιγξ
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably an onomatopoeia, and as such comparable to πιππίζω (pippízō, “to chirp”), πιπώ (pipṓ, “woodpecker”); the suffix is reminiscent of instances such as σάλπιγξ (sálpinx), πέρδιξ (pérdix), and the morphological variation between -ιγξ (-inx) and -ιξ (-ix) strongly points to Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pí.pʰiŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpi.pʰiŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɸiŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpi.fiŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.fiŋks/
Noun
[edit]πῐ́φῐγξ • (pĭ́phĭnx) f (genitive πῐ́φῐγγος); third declension
- unknown kind of bird
References
[edit]- “πίφιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πίφιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
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- grc:Birds
- Ancient Greek onomatopoeias