γρύξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Cognate with γρῦ (grû); compare Latin grȳ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡrýks/ → /ɣryks/ → /ɣriks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡrýks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡryks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣryks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣryks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣriks/

Noun

γρύξ • (grúx)

1. (hapax) dirt under the fingernails
   • Hesychius Γ

     γρύξ· ὁ ῥύπος τοῦ ὄνυχος

     grúx; ho rhúpos toû ónukhos

     γρύξ: the dirt of the nail

Further reading

• “γρύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γρύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γρύξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)