ῥίμφα
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A formation morphologically similar to that of the unrelated τάχα (tákha, “quickly”), though with a root of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-Hellenic *wrenkʷʰa, from Proto-Indo-European *wrengʷʰ- (“to squeeze, wring”), whence Proto-Germanic *wringaną (“to squeeze, wring”) and Lithuanian rangùs (“flexible”), reñgti (“to prepare”).[1] Compare also German gering (“little, low”), which may be from the same root.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /r̥ím.pʰa/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈrim.pʰa/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈrim.ɸa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈrim.fa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈrim.fa/
Adverb
[edit]ῥίμφᾰ • (rhímphă)
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ῥίμφα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1286
- ^ “gering” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Further reading
[edit]- “ῥίμφα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ῥίμφα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ῥίμφα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ῥίμφα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adverbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms