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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pěu̯.kɛː/ → /ˈpeɸ.ci/ → /ˈpef.ci/
Noun
πεύκη • (peúkē) f (genitive πεύκης); first declension
- pine
- anything made from the wood of the tree, torch of pine-wood
- wooden writing-tablet
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Further reading
- “πεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πεύκη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πεύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πεύκη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πεύκη (peúkē).
Noun
πεύκη • (péfki) f (plural πεύκες)
- Alternative form of πεύκο (péfko)
Declension