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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Compare Old Armenian կամուրջ (kamurǰ, “bridge”) and Hattic 𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊒𒊀 (ḫa-am-mu-ru-waₐ /ḫamuruwa, ḫammuruwa, ḫāmuruwaₐ/, “beam”). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡé.pʰyː.ra/ → /ˈʝe.ɸy.ra/ → /ˈʝe.fi.ra/
Noun
γέφῡρᾰ • (géphūra) f (genitive γεφῡ́ρᾱς); first declension
- dam, dyke
- battlefield
- bridge
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References
- “γέφυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γέφυρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γέφυρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γέφυρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γέφυρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γέφυρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “γέφυρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γέφυρα (géphura).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʝefira/
- Hyphenation: γέ‧φυ‧ρα
Noun
γέφυρα • (géfyra) f (plural γέφυρες)
- bridge (construction that spans a divide)
- κρεμαστή γέφυρα ― kremastí géfyra ― suspension bridge
- (dentistry) bridge
- (nautical) bridge
- (anatomy) pons
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