δώραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̌ː.raːks/ → /ˈðo.raks/ → /ˈðo.raks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dɔ̌ː.raːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.raks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.raks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.raks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈðo.raks/

Noun

δώραξ • (dṓrax)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: σπλήν (splḗn, “spleen”), as they say in Macedonia

References

• “δώραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δώραξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Hesychius' Lexicon: δ