ἀργιόπους
Ancient Macedonian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- αἰγίποψ (aigípops)
Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Apparently synonymous with Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós).
Martirosyan (2013) reconstructs a pre-form Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵipyós, comparing Ancient Greek αἰγυπιός (aigupiós, “vulture”), Old Armenian արծուի (arcui, “eagle”) and Sanskrit ऋजिप्य (ṛjipya, “epithet of falcon”).[1]
Noun
[edit]ἀργιόπους (argiópous) m
Usage notes
[edit]- Only attested as a hapax in Hesychius:
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον Α:
- ἀργιόπους· ἀετός. Μακεδόνες
- argiópous; aetós. Makedónes
- argiópous: an eagle, according to the Macedonians
- ἀργιόπους· ἀετός. Μακεδόνες
References
[edit]- ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 10, number 1, , pages 85–138
Further reading
[edit]- Hesychius' Lexicon: α
- ἀργιόπους in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀργιόπους”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011