πύξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to punch”); related to πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist”) and cognate with Latin pugnus (“fist”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pýks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piks/
Derived terms
- πύξ, λάξ, δάξ (púx, láx, dáx)
Further reading
- “πύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πύξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
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