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Ancient Greek
Etymology
First attested in c. 6th century AD. According to Stephanus of Byzantium this Macedonian city is named after Thracian *argilos (“mouse”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ἄργιλος • (Árgilos) f (genitive Ἀργίλου); second declension
- Argilus
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Witczak, Krzysztof T. (2012) “Studies in Thracian vocabulary (I-VII)”, in Studia Indogermanica Lodziensia, volume 7, Łódź, pages 154–156
Further reading
- Ἄργιλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002