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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From στροφαλίζω (strophalízō, “to twist, spin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stro.pʰá.liŋks/ → /stroˈɸa.liŋks/ → /stroˈfa.liŋks/
Noun
στροφᾰ́λῐγξ • (strophálinx) f (genitive στροφᾰ́λῐγγος); third declension
- whirl, eddy
- Synonyms: βέμβιξ (bémbix), δίνη (dínē), ἶλιγξ (îlinx)
- curve, bend
- (astronomy) orbit of a heavenly body
- anything with a round shape, like a cheese
Inflection
Further reading
- “στροφάλιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “στροφάλιγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “στροφάλιγξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- στροφάλιγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- στροφάλιγξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963