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in reply to a message by Esther
At first I thought with the "Y, consonant" spelling form that this name was Quechua (Peruvian Indian). It may yet be, but I think a likely origin is as a Spanish spelling of the name of a minor Greek poet of the 5th century BC, called "Ibico" in Italian.
This is probably not the proper Greek spelling; Pavlos, a little help please?
- Da.
This is probably not the proper Greek spelling; Pavlos, a little help please?
- Da.
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Spot on, old bean.
Ibykos (also referred to with the Latin spelling Ibycus) is spelled with an iota and an ypsilon. The name itself is derived from the Cretan "ibykter", "one who begins a war-song" (Liddell-Scott).
For more on the poet himself, check out http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aid%3Dibycus
Ibykos (also referred to with the Latin spelling Ibycus) is spelled with an iota and an ypsilon. The name itself is derived from the Cretan "ibykter", "one who begins a war-song" (Liddell-Scott).
For more on the poet himself, check out http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0062%3Aid%3Dibycus
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