ἵγγια
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Dunkel actually an abstract noun “oneness”, slightly misinterpreted by Hesychius, derived from *ἵγγος (*híngos, “one”), from Proto-Indo-European *sém-ǵno-s (“single”, literally “born alone”) with the nasal n removed by dissimilation, cognate with Proto-Germanic *ainakulaz (“single”), Sanskrit अकज (ekajá-, “born alone, not a twin”), and Latin singulī (“one apiece”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /híŋ.ɡi.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)iŋ.ɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈiɲ.ɟi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈiɲ.ɟi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈiɲ.ɟi.a/
Noun
ἵγγια • (híngia)[2]
- according to Hesychius, a Cypriot word for εἷς (heîs, “one”).
- [5th c. CE, Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, I:
- ἵγγια· εἷς. Πάφιοι
- híngia; heîs. Páphioi
- híngia: one. Paphians]
References
- ^ Dunkel, George E. (2014), “*sém-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme [Lexicon of Indo-European Particles and Pronominal Stems] (in German), volume 2: Lexikon, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 675: “ἴγγια [sic]”
- ^ Kurt Latte (2020), Ian Cunningham, editor, Hesychii Alexandrini lexicon (in Latin), volume 2a, De Gruyter, page 439