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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Beekes suggest a Pre-Greek origin for this word in view of the variation λ/λλ. He further connects the word with ἀλλοπίας (allopías), hinting at a common word for a great fish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /él.lops/ → /ˈel.lops/ → /ˈe.lops/
Noun
ἔλλοψ • (éllops) m (genitive ἔλλοπος); third declension
- fish in general
- Synonym: ἰχθύς (ikhthús)
- European sea sturgeon (Acipenser sturio)
- a kind of snake
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Further reading
- “ἔλλοψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔλλοψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔλλοψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔλλοψ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 413-414