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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γλῠ́φω (glúphō, “to carve, engrave”) + -ῐ́ς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡly.pʰís/ → /ɣlyˈɸis/ → /ɣliˈfis/
Noun
γλῠφῐ́ς • (gluphís) f (genitive γλῠφῐ́δος); third declension
- notched end of the arrow
- (poetic) the arrow itself
- (in the plural) notches in the arrowhead
- penknife
- chisel
- (architecture) capitals of columns
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γλυφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γλυφίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γλυφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλυφίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γλυφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)