ἀχραδαμύλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀχραμύλα (akhramúla)
• χραμαδοῖλαι (khramadoîlai)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation οι/υ proves a Pre-Greek etymology, as well as the well-known Pre-Greek suffix "-μυλα".

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kʰra.da.my̌ː.laː/ → /a.xra.ðaˈmy.la/ → /a.xra.ðaˈmi.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.kʰra.da.my̌ː.laː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kʰra.daˈmy.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.xra.ðaˈmy.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.xra.ðaˈmy.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.xra.ðaˈmi.la/

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Noun

ἀχραδαμύλα • (akhradamúla)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: κόχλιας (kókhlias, “snail with spiral shell”), as they say in Tarentum.

Further reading

• ἀχραδαμύλα 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: α