λούπης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λούππις (loúppis)

Etymology

Furnée compares the word with λώβηξ (lṓbēx, “vulture”) and concludes that this is a Pre-Greek word, due to the interchange λώβ-/λούπ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lǔː.pɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pe̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlu.pis/

Noun

λούπης • (loúpēs)

kite (Milvus milvus)
Synonym: ἴκτινος (íktinos)

References

“λούπης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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