ἄσπαλος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”) and cognate with Latin squalus (“kind of big fish, shark”), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”), Old Prussian kalis, and Old English hwæl (“whale”). However, according to Beekes, it is rather a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈas.pa.los/
Noun
[edit]ἄσπαλος • (áspalos)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἰχθύς (ikhthús, “fish”).
Derived terms
[edit]- ἀσπᾰλῐ́ᾱ (aspalíā)
- ἀσπᾰλῐεύομαι (aspalieúomai)
- ἀσπᾰλῐεύς (aspalieús)
- ἀσπᾰλῐευτής (aspalieutḗs)
- ἀσπᾰλῐευτῐκός (aspalieutikós)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἄσπαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄσπαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- 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