ἀκιρίς

See also: Ἄκιρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κίρις (kíris), κίρρις (kírrhis)

Etymology

Unknown, but it may well be of Pre-Greek origin in view of the variations.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ki.rís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.kiˈris/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ciˈris/

Noun

ἀκιρίς • (akirís)

Hesychius gives the definition as: λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”).

References

“ἀκιρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀκιρίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
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: α