ἄρσεα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Schwyzer suggested a relation with ἄρδω (árdō, “to irrigate”), with a suffix -σος like in ἄλσος (álsos, “grove”). The suffix -σος, however, may be a substrate element. Gusmani compares Hittite [script needed] (arši, “plantation”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈar.se.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈar.se.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈar.se.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈar.se.a/
Further reading
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρσεα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
- Hesychius' Lexicon: α
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