βεκος

See also: βέκος

Phrygian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₃g-os ~ *bʰéh₃g-es-, from *bʰeh₃g- (“to bake”), Cognate with Albanian bukë (“bread”), Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, “roast”), Old English bacan (whence English bake).

Noun

βεκος (bekos) n (accusative singular)

1. bread
   • Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua 7.xxviii:

     με κε οι / τοτοσσειτι βας βεκος

     me ke oi / totosseiti bas bekos

     • 2020 translation by B. Obrador-Cursach

       And let Bas not give bread to him.

Further reading

• Obrador-Cursach, Bartomeu (2020) The Phrygian Language (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 139), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, page 196