ἀμακρῶτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and perhaps related to μόκρων (mókrōn, “sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ma.krɔ̂ː.tis/ → /a.maˈkro.tis/ → /a.maˈkro.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ma.krɔ̂ː.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/

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Noun

ἀμακρῶτις • (amakrôtis)

1. wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)

   Synonym: ἀμπελόπρασον (ampelóprason)

Further reading

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