Φρύξ

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Etymology

Unknown, perhaps of Phrygian origin. Generally connected with the Bryges, an ancient tribe of the Balkans, whose name could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (high, mountain, hill). More at Bryges.

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Noun

Φρῠ́ξ (Phrúxm (genitive Φρῠγός); third declension

  1. a Phrygian

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References

  • Φρύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
  • Müller, Hermann. Das nordische Griechenthum und die urgeschichtliche Bedeutung des Nordwestlichen Europas, p. 228.