ἄρπιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄπριγδα (áprigda), ἄπριξ (áprix)

Etymology

Unknown. The variation in -γδα and the form itself suggest a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.piks/ → /ˈar.piks/ → /ˈar.piks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.piks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.piks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.piks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.piks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.piks/

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Noun

ἄρπιξ • (árpix)

1. (According to Hesychius of Alexandria:) a kind of thornbush, thistle
   • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α:

     ἄρπιξ· εἶδος ἀκάνθης. Κύπριοι

     árpix; eîdos akánthēs. Kúprioi

     árpix: a kind of thornbush (the Cypriots)]

Further reading

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