ἀμακρῶτις
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and perhaps related to μόκρων (mókrōn, “sharp, keen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ma.krɔ̂ː.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
Noun
[edit]ἀμακρῶτις • (amakrôtis)
- wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
- Synonym: ἀμπελόπρασον (ampelóprason)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἀμακρῶτις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀμακρῶτις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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