Γόριλλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely Punic, though possibly ultimately from an African word (used to describe hairy people) that entered Greek via Punic.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γόριλλαι • (Górillai) f pl (genitive Γοριλλῶν); first declension

  1. Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women described by Hanno the Navigator)
    • 5th century BC, Ἅννων ὁ Καρχηδόνιος, Ἅννωνος Περίπλους
      πολὺ δὲ πλείους ἦσαν γυναῖκες, δασεῖαι τοῖς σώμασιν, ἃς οἱ ἑρμηνέες ἐκάλουν Γορίλλας.
      polù dè pleíous êsan gunaîkes, daseîai toîs sṓmasin, hàs hoi hermēnées ekáloun Goríllas.
      There were far more women, who were hairy on their bodies; these the interpreters called Gorillas.

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Γόρῐλλαι; τῶν Γορῐλλῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Γόρῐλλαι
hai Górĭllai
Genitive τῶν Γορῐλλῶν
tôn Gorĭllôn
Dative ταῖς Γορῐ́λλαις
taîs Gorĭ́llais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Γορῐ́λλᾱς
tā̀s Gorĭ́llās
Vocative Γόρῐλλαι
Górĭllai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: Gorillai
  • → Latin: gorilla

References

  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.

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