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αἰγυπιός

aigupios

vulture

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1. αἰγυπιός · aigypios — Beekes

αἰγυπιός [m.] ‘vulture’ (IL). *VAR alyinoy: ἀετός ὑπὸ Μακεδόνων “eagle (Maced.)’ (EM 28, 19). *ETYM The comparison with Skt. rji-pyd-, epithet of the bird Syend- ‘eagle, falcon’, Av. arazi-fiia- is formally difficult, since we expect *apC-; influence by αἴξ and yow ‘vulture’ has been assumed, but this seems unlikely. Fur.: 364 compares the gloss aiyinow, which is evidently a variant of the same word. … — [Beekes, s.v. αἰγυπιός, p. 80]

2. αἰγυπιός · aigypios — Chantraine

αἰγυπιός, τοῦ : m. «

3. αἰγυπιός · aigypios — Frisk

αἰγυπιός m. “Geier” (vorw. poet.). Kann von aind. rji-py&- Beiwort des Raubvogels syend- (“Adler, Falke’), aw. orozi-fya- m ‘Adler’ (vgl. ἄρξιφος' ἀετὸς παρὰ Πέρσαις H.), arm. arcuwi (< *arci-wi) “Adler” nicht getrennt werden. Die Form ergab sich durch volksetymologische Umwandlung nach αἴξ und nach γύψ (ein Vorderglied doyv- = aind. rjd- anzunehmen, ist nicht notwendig). Brugmann IF 17, 361ff., wo auch eine … — [Frisk, s.v. αἰγυπιός, p. 63]

4. αἰγυπιός · aigypios — Frisk

αἰγυπιός. Anders darüber Thieme Heimat 76: eig. „Ziege beseitigend‘“, zu aind. yup- “(spurlos) beseitigen’ (?). — Das ἀΐϊδηλος--- αἴϑω 21 bei H. überlieferte iran. ἄρξιφος scheint als PN in Aocvßıos, -Ziß(ı)os (Kilikien) vorzuliegen, 5. R. Schmitt Sprache 17 (1971) 1188. — [Frisk, s.v. αἰγυπιός, p. 2146]

5. αἰγῠπιός · aigypios — LSJ

vulture

vulture, αἰ. γαμψώνυχες ἀγκυλοχεῖλαι Il. 16.428, cf. 17.460, Od. 16.217, Hes. Sc. 405, Hdt. 3.76, S. Aj. 169, Arist. HA 610aI, etc.:—αἰγυπιοὶ γῦπές τε Nic. Th. 406, cf. Ael. NA 2.46. (Both words seem to be generic terms, but αἰ is an older word chiefly found in poetry.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. αἰγυπιός (scan p. 80; entry #201). Root candidates: *apC-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. αἰγυπιός (scan p. 45; entry #191).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. αἰγυπιός (scan p. 63; entry #182).

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