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Ancient Greek
Etymology
An old cultural word, identical with Latin viscum (“mistletoe”), thus implying a pre-form *ϝιξ(ο-) (*wix(o-)). It has been compared with Proto-Slavic *višьňa (“sour cherry”) and Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō (“sour cherry”). Chantraine considers a common derivation from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs-, but, according to Beekes, given its structure and limited distribution it is likely a loanword from a European substrate.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ik.sós/ → /ikˈsos/ → /ikˈsos/
Noun
ἰξός • (ixós) m (genitive ἰξοῦ); second declension
- European mistletoe (Viscum album)
- Synonym: ὕφεαρ (húphear)
- mistletoe berry
- birdlime prepared from the mistletoe berry
- oak gum, used for the same purpose
- (in general) any sticky substance
- (figuratively) skinflint, miser
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: ιξός (ixós)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اوكسه (ökse)
References
- ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “ἰξός”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 465
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἰξός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 593–594
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