στραγγός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ-, whence also English string and strong.

Adjective

στραγγός • (strangós)

twisted

Etymology 2

Inflectional form of στράγξ (stránx, “trickle, drop”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /straŋ.ɡós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /straŋˈɡos/

Noun

στραγγός • (strangós) f

genitive singular of στράγξ (stránx)

References

“στραγγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
στραγγός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“strangle”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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