ἄδδιξ
Οὕτως ἔδειξέν μοι κύριος καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐπιγονὴ ἀκρίδων ἐρχομένη ἑωθινή, καὶ ἰδοὺ βροῦχος εἷς Γωγ ὁ βασιλεύς (Amos 7:1) → Thus the Lord showed me and look, early-morning offspring of locusts coming, and look, one locust-larva: Gog the king.
English (LSJ)
ῐχος, ἡ, measure of four χοίνικες, Ar.Fr.709.
Spanish (DGE)
-ῐχος, ἡ
metrol. medida de cuatro quénices para áridos, Ar.Fr.725, cf. Poll.4.168.
German (Pape)
[Seite 32] ιχος, ἡ, ein Maaß von vier χοινικες, Ar. B. A. 342.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἄδδιξ: ῑχος, ἡ, μέτρον τεσσάρων χοινίκων, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 573.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἄδδιξ: ῐχος ἡ аддих (мера сыпучих тел = 4 χοίνικες) Arph.
Frisk Etymological English
-ιχος
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: a measure, of four choinikes (Ar., fr. 709)
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: Unknown. For the suffix cf. χοῖνιξ (which has -ικ-). Geminated -d- is rare in Ion.-Att. Measures are more borrowed. Cf. κάδδιχος s.v. κάδος. Fur. 130 n. 59 assumes a substr. word with k/zero. Cf. also Szemerényi Studia Pagliaro 3 (1969) 248.
