δρώψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Thought to be a compound *νρ-ώψ (*nr-ṓps, “with manly face”) from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”), but the absence of ἀ- is strange. According to Latte, it is a creation of the grammarians. Kuiper accepts the gloss as Pre-Greek, explaining ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) as arising through prenasalization and prothetic vowel. Pisani considers this word Macedonian and connects it to τρέφω (tréphō, “to breed, bring up”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /drɔ̌ːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /drops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðrops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðrops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðrops/
Further reading
- “δρώψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δρώψ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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: δ
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