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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the root of πυκνός (puknós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pý.ka/ → /ˈpy.ka/ → /ˈpi.ka/
Adverb
πύκᾰ • (púka)
- thickly, strongly
- wisely, carefully
Further reading
- “πύκα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πύκα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πύκα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press