γίγγλυμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γιγγλυμός (ginglumós)
  • γύγλυμος (gúglumos) – Epidaurian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1][2][3][4] Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin.[4] Martirosyan connects with Old Armenian ծղխնի (cłxni, “door hinge”) and derives both from a Mediterranean substrate.[5]

Noun

γίγγλυμος • (gínglumos) m

  1. hinge, joint, pivot, gudgeon

Derived terms

  • γιγγλύμιον (ginglúmion) / γιγλύμιον (giglúmion, diminutive)
  • γιγγλυμώδης (ginglumṓdēs), γιγγλυμοειδής (ginglumoeidḗs)
  • γιγγλυμωτός (ginglumōtós)
  • γιγγλυμόομαι (ginglumóomai)

References

  1. ↑ Boisacq, Émile (1916), “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 147
  2. ↑ Frisk, Hjalmar (1960), “γίγγλυμος”, in Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 306
  3. ↑ Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “γίγγλυμος”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, page 221a
  4. 1 2 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 272
  5. ↑ Martirosyan, Hrach (2016), “Mediterranean substrate words in Armenian: two etymologies”, in Bjarne Simmelkjær Sandgaard Hansen, Benedicte Nielsen Whitehead, Thomas Olander & Birgit Anette Olsen, editors, Etymology and the European Lexicon. Proceedings of the 14th Fachtagung of the Indogermanische Gesellschaft, Copenhagen, 17-22 September 2012‎, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 293–294

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