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Meaninga carving
Common meaning: a carved or written symbol
- glyphto carveLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 312 (approximate) · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek γλύφω ‘to carve’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry γλύφω, p. 312 · dictionary scan
Roots
- γλύφω Greek “to carve”
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