λίξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /líks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /liks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /liks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /liks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liks/

Noun

λίξ • (líx)

Hesychius gives the definition as: πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique, aslant”), λίθος πλατύς (líthos platús, literally “flat stone”).

References

“λίξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hesychius' Lexicon: λ