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Ἰᾶπυξ

*iapux · ὁ

the NW, wind, country

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What it meant — LSJ

the NW, wind

the NW. (or rather WNW.) wind, = ἀργέστης, Arist. Vent. 973b14, Mu. 394b26.

II

Ἰάπῠγες, Ion. Ἰήπῠγες, οἱ, a people of Southern Italy, Hdt. 7.170:

country, Iapygian

ἡ Ἰαπυγία, Ion. Ἰηπῠγίη, their country, ibid.:—Adj. Ἰᾱπύγιος, α, ον, Iapygian, ἄκρα Th. 6.30.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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