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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek root of γλήνη (glḗnē, “eyeball; doll”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlɛ̂ː.nos/ → /ˈɣli.nos/ → /ˈɣli.nos/
Noun
γλῆνος • (glênos) n (genitive γλήνεος); third declension
- (in the plural) gaudy things, costume jewelry, trinkets
Inflection
Further reading
- “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γλῆνος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γλῆνος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γλῆνος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλῆνος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γλῆνος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)