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ἀάνθα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly from *αὐσ-άνθα (*aus-ántha), from the root of οὖς (oûs, ear), but the suffix is unclear.[1] Alternatively from a Proto-Albanian *awántha whence Albanian vath (earring).[2]

Noun

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ἀάνθα (aánthaf

  1. (hapax) a kind of earring
    Synonym: ἐνώτιον (enṓtion)
    • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.21:
      ἀάνθα· εἶδος ἐνωτίου παρὰ Ἀλκμᾶνι ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης
      aántha; eîdos enōtíou parà Alkmâni hōs Aristophánēs
      aántha: an earring in Alcman, according to Aristophanes]

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀάνθα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
  2. ^ Krzysztof Tomasz Witczak (2016) “The earliest Albanian loanwords in Greek”, in lnternational Conference on Language Contact in the Balkans and Asia Minor[1], page 40

Further reading

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