ἴμβηρις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The ending is reminiscent of λεβηρίς (lebērís, “snake skin, slough”). The word resembles some Balto-Slavic words for "eel", like Lithuanian ungurỹs and Russian у́горь (úgorʹ). However, the ending rather points to a Pre-Greek word. The relation to ἔγχελυς (énkhelus, “eel”) and Latin anguilla (“eel”) is unclear.

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bi.ris/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bi.ris/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈim.bi.ris/

Noun

ἴμβηρις • (ímbēris)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἔγχελυς (énkhelus, “eel”).

References

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

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