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Phrygian
Etymology
Unknown. Given by Pseudo-Plutarch as an explanation for the Phrygian place-name Νώρικον (Nṓrikon). Obrador-Cursach connects this words with the Hesychian gloss Ancient Greek ναρκίον (narkíon).[1] See the entry for the latter for more information.
Noun
νώρικον (nṓrikon)
- skin, bag
Usage notes
- Only attested as a gloss in a Greek text:
200 CE – 400 CE,
Pseudo-Plutarch,
On Rivers 10.2:
- Νώρικον δὲ οἱ Φρύγες τῇ σφῶν διαλέκτῳ τὸν ἀσκὸν καλοῦσιν.
- Nṓrikon dè hoi Phrúges têi sphôn dialéktōi tòn askòn kaloûsin.
- 'Nṓrikon' is what the Phrygians call a (wine)skin in their language.
References
- ^ Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2020) The Phrygian Language (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 139), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, page 421