κρίγδανον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, perhaps from Pre-Greek, due to the presence of the cluster -γδ.

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkriɡ.da.non/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkriɣ.ða.non/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkriɣ.ða.non/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkriɣ.ða.non/

Noun

κρίγδανον • (krígdanon)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: πέλτη (péltē, “Thracian shield”), ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”).

References

“κρίγδανον”, 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: κ

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