γαύρος

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Greek

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Etymology

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From an earlier unattested *γραυρος (*gravros) (with assimilatory deletion of the (*r)), from *γλαύρος (*glávros) (with assimilation (*l) > (*r)), from Byzantine Greek ἔγγραυλος (éngraulos, sardine) (with metathesis of the λ (l) and ρ (r)), from Ancient Greek ἔγγραυλῐς (éngraulis, European anchovy).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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γαύρος (gávrosm (plural γαύροι)

  1. anchovy
    Synonym: αντζούγια (antzoúgia) (especially preserved and salted)
  2. (loosely) various small fish
    Coordinate terms: ("whitebait") μαρίδα (marída), ("whitebait") χαψιά (chapsiá), ("sardine") σαρδέλα (sardéla)
  3. a supporter of the Athens' Olympiakos football club.
  4. Carpinus betulus, the hornbeam, a European tree.

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References

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  1. ^ γαύρος - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN, page 402.
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔγγραυλῐς, -εως (> ETYM)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 369