ἄλιψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The word has been connected with Old Armenian աղիւս (ałiws, “brick”), αἰγίλιψ (aigílips, “steep”) of unknown origin, and ἠλίβατος (ēlíbatos, “high, steep”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lips/

Noun

ἄλιψ • (álips)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).

References

ἄλιψ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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: α

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