Pnyx

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English

WOTD – 8 November 2022

Etymology

The orators’ bema or platform of the Pnyx in Athens, Greece.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πνύξ (Pnúx); since ancient times it has been claimed the word is derived from πυκνός (puknós, “close-packed; dense; thick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- (“to press together”), but the Oxford English Dictionary considers this a folk etymology with no evidence supporting it.[1]

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Proper noun

Pnyx

  1. (Ancient Greece, historical) A hill in Athens west of the Acropolis with a stone platform and steps set into its side, which was used as the meeting place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.

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References

  1. ^ “Pnyx, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2022.

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