σκόλυβος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like σκόλυμος (skólumos, “kind of thistle”), from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /skó.ly.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.ly.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.ly.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.ly.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.li.vos/

Noun

σκόλυβος • (skólubos)

Hesychius gives the definition as: ἐσθιόμενος βολβός (esthiómenos bolbós, literally “edible tassel hyacinth”).

Further reading

“σκόλυβος”, 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
Hesychius' Lexicon: σ

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