στεργάνος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Not related to Latin stercus (“dung”) and Welsh trwnc (“urine”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ster.ɡá.nos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sterˈɡa.nos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sterˈɣa.nos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sterˈɣa.nos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sterˈɣa.nos/

Noun

στεργάνος • (stergános)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: κοπρών (koprṓn, “place for dung”).

References

“στεργάνος”, 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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