σέμελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, but perhaps from the same Pre-Greek root of σέσιλος (sésilos, “land slug”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sé.me.los/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse.me.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈse.me.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈse.me.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈse.me.los/

Noun

σέμελος • (sémelos)

Hesychius gives the definition as: κοχλίας (kokhlías, “snail with a spiral shell”).

References

“σέμελος”, 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
Hesychius' Lexicon: σ