ἴσοξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *esoxs. Compare Irish eo (“salmon”), Welsh eog (“salmon”) and Latin esox (“kind of fresh-water fish”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /í.soks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.soks/

Noun

ἴσοξ • (ísox)

Hesychius gives the definition as: ἰχθύς ποιός κητώδης (ikhthús poiós kētṓdēs, literally “kind of whale-like fish”).

Further reading

“ἴσοξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hesychius' Lexicon: ι

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