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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Probably a loan from Demotic snwpt; compare σίναπι (sínapi).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nâː.py/ → /ˈna.py/ → /ˈna.pi/
Noun
νᾶπῠ • (nâpu) n (genitive νᾱ́πῠος); third declension
- mustard
Declension
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Latin: nāpy, nāpus (see there for further descendants)
References
- “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νᾶπυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νᾶπυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ^ Erichsen, Wolja (1954) Demotisches Glossar, Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard