ἀλίγκιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unexplained per Beekes.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ᾰλίγκῐος • (ălínkĭosm or f (neuter ᾰλίγκῐον); second declension

  1. (poetic) like, resembling (with dative)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 8.174:
      ἄλλος δ’ αὖ εἶδος μὲν ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν,
      ἀλλ’ οὔ οἱ χάρις ἀμφὶ περιστέφεται ἐπέεσσιν[...]
      állos d’ aû eîdos mèn alínkios athanátoisin,
      all’ oú hoi kháris amphì peristéphetai epéessin[...]
      Another man has godlike looks but no grace in his words[...]

Declension

References

  1. ^ * Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

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