Γόριλλαι
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely Punic, though possibly ultimately from an African word (used to describe hairy people) that entered Greek via Punic.[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡó.ril.lai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈɡo.ril.lɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ril.lɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ril.le/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈɣo.ri.le/
Proper noun
Γόριλλαι • (Górillai) f pl (genitive Γοριλλῶν); first declension
- Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women described by Hanno the Navigator)
- 5th century BC, Ἅννων ὁ Καρχηδόνιος, Ἅννωνος Περίπλους
- πολὺ δὲ πλείους ἦσαν γυναῖκες, δασεῖαι τοῖς σώμασιν, ἃς οἱ ἑρμηνέες ἐκάλουν Γορίλλας.
- 5th century BC, Ἅννων ὁ Καρχηδόνιος, Ἅννωνος Περίπλους
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | αἱ Γόρῐλλαι hai Górillai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Γορῐλλῶν tôn Gorillôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Γορῐ́λλαις taîs Goríllais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Γορῐ́λλᾱς tā̀s Goríllās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Γόρῐλλαι Górillai | ||||||||||||
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References
- The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., Clarendon Press, 1989.
Further reading
- “Γόριλλαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Γόριλλαι in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
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