ἔγγραυλις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἐγγραύλη (engraúlē), ἐγγραυλίς (engraulís), ἔγγραυλος (éngraulos)

Etymology

Unexplained. Strömberg starts from an unattested verb *ἐγγραυλίζω (*engraulízō), beside γρυλίζω (grulízō, to grumble); thus this word would mean "the grumbling one". However, the variation αυ/υ is not convincing.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἔγγραυλῐς • (éngraulĭsf (genitive ἐγγραύλεως); third declension

  1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
    Synonym: ἐγκρᾱσίχολος (enkrāsíkholos)

Declension

Descendants

  • Greek: γαύρος (gávros)
  • Translingual: Engraulis

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔγγραυλῐς, -εως”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369

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