Γύγης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Lydian 𐤨𐤰𐤨𐤠𐤮 (kukas, “grandfather”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γῡ́γης • (Gū́gēs) m (genitive Γῡ́γου); first declension

  1. Gyges

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Γύγης (Gýgis)
  • → Latin: Gygēs

References

  1. Browne, Gerald M. (2000) “A New Lydian Text”, in Kadmos‎, volume 39, →DOI, retrieved 13 November 2021, pages 177-178
  2. Browne, Gerald M. (2000) “The Tomb of Alyattes?”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik‎, volume 132, retrieved 13 November 2021, page 172
  3. Bianconi, Michele (2021) Linguistic and Cultural Interactions between Greece and Anatolia: In Search of the Golden Fleece, Leiden: Brill Publishers, →ISBN, pages 119-120

Further reading

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