γίγγλυμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γιγγλυμός (ginglumós)
  • γύγλυμος (gúglumos)Epidauran

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2][3][4] Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.[4] Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ծղխնի (cłxni, door hinge) and derives both from a Mediterranean substrate.[5]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γίγγλυμος • (gínglumosm

  1. hinge, joint, pivot, gudgeon
    Synonyms: θαιρός (thairós), κνώδαξ (knṓdax), στρόφιγξ (stróphinx)

Derived terms

  • γιγγλύμιον (ginglúmion) / γιγλύμιον (giglúmion, diminutive)
  • γιγγλυμώδης (ginglumṓdēs), γιγγλυμοειδής (ginglumoeidḗs)
  • γιγγλυμωτός (ginglumōtós)
  • γιγγλυμόομαι (ginglumóomai)

References

  1. ^ Boisacq, Émile (1916), “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 147
  2. ^ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960), “γίγγλυμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 306
  3. ^ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 221a
  4. 4.0 4.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 272
  5. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016), “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander, Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012[1], Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 293–294