The Ancient Macedonian word λύγος
| Word | λύγος |
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| IPA | ly.ɟoς |
| Meaning | kind of tree, branch, stick |
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This word has an uncertain classification |
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Homeric Greek: λύγος
‘agnus castus, vitex agnus-castus, withy’ Proto-Indo-European: *leng- ‘to bend’ Greek: λυγίζω ‘to bend, to twist’ Greek: λυγέα ‘chaste-tree, flexible twig’ |
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| The word appears in Theokritos (Scholia in Theocritum 1.95-98), who gives Amerias the Macedonian as the source. That doesn't make it Macedonian by default. The word is a common Greek word as it appears with variations across all dialects. | |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| ἄβαγνα ‘roses’, δάρυλλος ‘oak’, κάλιθος ‘wine, unblended wine’ | |