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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear.[1]
- The oak sense has been argued to retain a Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”) whence Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak”) and Latin aesculus (“some oak”).
- However, the haver-grass sense has been argued to derive from αἴγιλος (aígilos, “haver-grass”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“goat”) (whence αἴξ (aíx)).
- For the lachrymal fistula sense, see also ἀγχίλωψ (ankhílōps).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ai̯.ɡí.lɔːps/ → /ɛˈʝi.lops/ → /eˈʝi.lops/
Noun
αἰγῐ́λωψ • (aigílōps) m (genitive αἰγῐ́λωπος); third declension
- haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)
- Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) or valonia oak (Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis)
- ulcer in the eye, lachrymal fistula
- a bulbous plant
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