ἀμακρῶτις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek and perhaps related to μόκρων (mókrōn, “sharp, keen”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ma.krɔ̂ː.tis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.maˈkro.tis/

Noun

ἀμακρῶτις • (amakrôtis)

wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum)
Synonym: ἀμπελόπρασον (ampelóprason)

Further reading

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