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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Furnée compares the word with λώβηξ (lṓbēx, “vulture”) and concludes that this is a Pre-Greek word, due to the interchange λώβ-/λούπ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lǔː.pɛːs/ → /ˈlu.pis/ → /ˈlu.pis/
Noun
λούπης • (loúpēs)
- kite (Milvus milvus)
- Synonym: ἴκτινος (íktinos)
References
- “λούπης”, 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