λίξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /líks/ → /liks/ → /liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /líks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liks/

Noun

λίξ • (líx)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique, aslant”), λίθος πλατύς (líthos platús, literally “flat stone”).

References

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