ἵστραξ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hís.traks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)is.traks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈis.traks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈis.traks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈis.traks/
Noun[edit]
ἵστραξ • (hístrax)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: ὄρνις ποιός (órnis poiós, literally “kind of bird”).
References[edit]
- “ἵστραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: ι