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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Beekes from τρίζω (trízō, “to crackle, crepitate”), referring to the grunting sound from the friction of the gill cover bones when the fish is taken out of the water.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /trǐː.ɡlɛː/ → /ˈtri.ɣli/ → /ˈtri.ɣli/
Noun
τρῑ́γλη • (trī́glē) f (genitive τρῑ́γλης); first declension
- red mullet (Mullus barbatus)
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References
- “τρίγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “τρίγλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- τρίγλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
Greek
Noun
τρίγλη • (trígli) f (plural τρίγλες)
- gurnard (Triglidae)
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