ὕσταξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably a Pre-Greek word, given the suffix -αξ. The word can hardly be separated from ὑσσός (hussós, “javelin”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hýs.taks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ys.taks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.taks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈys.taks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈis.taks/

Noun

ὕσταξ • (hústax)

Hesychius gives the definition as: πάσσαλος κεράτινος (pássalos kerátinos, literally “peg or penis made of horn”).

Further reading

“ὑσταλωπιᾷ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Hesychius' Lexicon: υ