βάρβαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bár.baks/ → /ˈβar.βaks/ → /ˈvar.vaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bár.baks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbar.baks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβar.βaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.vaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvar.vaks/

Noun

βάρβαξ • (bárbax)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: a Libyan hawk or falcon.

References

• “βάρβαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάρβαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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: β