- αἰγυπιός
- αἰγυπιόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `vulture' (Il.).Other forms: αἰγίποψ ἀετός ὑπὸ Μακεδόνων EM 28, 19.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Compared with Skt. r̥ji-pyá-, epithet of the bird śyená- (`eagle, falcon'), Av. ǝrǝzi-fya- (cf. ἄρξιφος ἀετὸς παρὰ Πέρσαις H.). The form would have been influenced by αἴξ and γύψ. But expected *αρC- does not provide a basis for introducing αἰγ-. - Fur. 364 compares the gloss αἰγίποψ, which is evidently a form of the same word; that it is Macedonian confirms its reality. A variation i\/u is well known in substr. words (μόλιβος\/μόλυβδος, μάρσιππος\/μάρσυππος); -οπ- is a suffix in Pre-Greek. γύψ is itself no doubt a substr. word (but see s.v.); is it a variant of *αγυπ-, with proth. vowel (or did it have a palatalized g')? Cf. Thompson Birds s. v.Page in Frisk: 1,33
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.