- ἴγδις
- ἴγδις, -εωςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `mortar' (Sol., Com., AP )Other forms: Also ἴγδη f. (Hdn. Gr., Hp.)Derivatives: Diminutive ἰγδίον (Gp., Paul. Aeg.) and the verbal noun ἴγδισμα (as from *ἰγδίζω `pound the mortar'), (also) name of a dance (EM, Suid.; cf. Lawler ClassJourn. 43, 34).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The form resembles λίγδος `mortar' (Güntert Reimwortbildungen 158). If not a LW [loanword], which is quite possible for a technical term. (Hardly to ἴκταρ, ἴξ (s. vv.) nor to αἰχμη (s.v.). - Fur. 351 thinks it is Pre-Greek (note -γδ-); on λ-\/zero Fur. 392, 7.Page in Frisk: 1,707-708
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.