ζεκελτίδες

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ζακελτίδες (zakeltídes)

Etymology

Unknown. Furnée compares θικέλιον (thikélion, “turnip”) and believes the word is Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zde.kel.tí.des/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ze.kelˈti.des/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ze.celˈti.ðes/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ze.celˈti.ðes/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ze.celˈti.ðes/

Noun

ζεκελτίδες • (zekeltídes)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: γογγυλίδες (gongulídes, “turnips”) or κολοκύνται (kolokúntai, “gourds”).

References

“ζεκελτίδες”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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
Hesychius' Lexicon: ζ

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