Glykeria

This name is actually derived from the Greek adjective γλυκερός (glykeros) meaning "sweet", which is of course related to the adjective γλυκύς (glykys) meaning "sweet (to the taste)". [noted -ed]

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- see the entries for Glykera and Glykeria at: http://web.archive.org/web/20120324121307/http://www.etymologica.com/page4.htm (in English)
- see the entry for Glicerio on page 127 of "Diccionario de Nombres de Personas" written by José M. Albaigés Olivart: https://books.google.de/books?id=A_KHaYiixzwC&pg=PA127 (in Spanish)
- https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glicerio_(nome)#Origine_e_diffusione (in Italian)
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Rus_names/rus_g.html (in Russian; scroll down until you see "Glycerius" in one of the columns on the right)
- http://kurufin.ru/html/Translate/Glyceria.html (in Russian)
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=glukero%2Fs&la=greek&can=glukero%2Fs (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/glycerine#Etymology (in English)
- http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=gluku%2Fs&la=greek&can=gluku%2Fs (in English)
- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%85%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%82#Ancient_Greek (in English)