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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Generally connected with γόμφος (gómphos, “peg, nail”), but the α-vocalism is problematic. Neither an influence from γαμψός (gampsós, “curved, crooked”) or γναμπτήρ (gnamptḗr, “jaw”) seems to be a sufficient explanation. Pedersen pointed to Proto-Slavic *gǫba (“lip, mouth”). According to Beekes, the word may be Pre-Greek given the suffix -ηλ-, which can be found also in τράχηλος (trákhēlos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡam.pʰɛː.lǎi̯/ → /ɣam.ɸiˈlɛ/ → /ɣam.fiˈle/
Noun
γᾰμφηλαί • (gamphēlaí) f pl (genitive γᾰμφηλῶν); first declension
- (anatomy) jaws of animals
- Synonyms: γνάθος (gnáthos), σιαγών (siagṓn)
- bill or beak of birds
Declension
References
- “γαμφηλαί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γαμφηλαί”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γαμφηλαί in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαμφηλαί 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