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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, the word is Pre-Greek—which Beekes claims is the case for all Greek words with the -αλλο- suffix. Contrary to this, a relationship is supported to κρύος (krúos), Latin crusta and Old English hruse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krýs.tal.los/ → /ˈkrys.tal.los/ → /ˈkris.ta.los/
Noun
κρύσταλλος • (krústallos) m (genitive κρυστάλλου); second declension
- ice
- rock crystal
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- “κρύσταλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρύσταλλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κρύσταλλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κρύσταλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κρύσταλλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2930 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρύσταλλος.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɾi.sta.los/
- Hyphenation: κρύ‧σταλ‧λος
Noun
κρύσταλλος • (krýstallos) m (plural κρύσταλλοι)
- (chemistry) crystal
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- αποκρυσταλλώνω (apokrystallóno, “I crystallise”, lit. & fig.)
- αποκρυστλάλλωση f (apokrystlállosi, “crystallisation”)
- κρυσταλλικός (krystallikós, “crystallised”)
- κρυστάλλινος (krystállinos, “cut-glass, crystal”)
- κρύσταλλο n (krýstallo, “crystal: mineral, glass, ice”)
- κρυσταλλώνω (krystallóno, “I crystallise”)
- κρυστάλλωση f (krystállosi, “crystallisation”)
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