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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”), the same root of βαίνω (baínō, “to go, step”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛː.lós/ → /βiˈlos/ → /viˈlos/
Noun
βηλός • (bēlós) m (genitive βηλοῦ); second declension
- threshold, the bottom-most part of a doorway
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References
- “βηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βηλός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βηλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βηλός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βηλός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- 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