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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -ῑκ-. See also πέμφιξ (pémphix, “breath, blast”) and πομφόλυξ (pomphólux, “bubble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bém.biks/ → /ˈβem.biks/ → /ˈvem.biks/
Noun
βέμβῐξ • (bémbix) f (genitive βέμβῑκος); third declension
- spinning top
- Synonyms: στρόβιλος (stróbilos), στρόμβος (strómbos)
- whirlpool, eddy
- Synonyms: δίνη (dínē), ἶλιγξ (îlinx), στροφάλιγξ (strophálinx)
- cyclone, whirlwind
- bumblebee
- Synonym: βομβυλιός (bombuliós)
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Further reading
- “βέμβιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βέμβιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βέμβιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βέμβιξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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