κίξιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown, only attested in Hesychius. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcik.si.os/

Noun

κίξιος • (kíxios)

(hapax) cicada
Synonym: τέττιξ (téttix)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:
  κίξιος· τέττιξ
  kíxios; téttix
  kíxios: cicada

Descendants

→ Translingual: Cixius

Further reading

“κίξιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κίξιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
Hesychius' Lexicon: κ

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