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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, cut off”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ánē, instrumental nominal suffix), closely cognate with Old Armenian արտեւան (artewan).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dre.pá.nɛː/ → /ðreˈpa.ni/ → /ðreˈpa.ni/
Noun
δρεπᾰ́νη • (drepánē) f (genitive δρεπᾰ́νης); first declension
- sickle
- Synonym: ζᾰ́γκλον (zánklon)
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References
- ^ Lamberterie, Charles de (2013) “Grec, phrygien, arménien : des anciens aux modernes”, in Journal des Savants (in French), number 1, page 22 of 3–69
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 353
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