Pnyx

普尼克斯

发音

US /ˈnɪks/
其它
UK /ˈnɪks/
US /ˈpnɪks/
UK /ˈpnɪks/

释义与例句

name
  1. 1.

    A hill in Athens west of the Acropolis with a stone platform and steps set into its side, which was used as the meeting place of the democratic assembly in Ancient Greece.

    普尼克斯

    历史

词源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πνύξ (Pnúx); since ancient times it has been claimed the word is derived from πυκνός (puknós, “close-packed; dense; thick”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *puḱ- (“to press together”), but the Oxford English Dictionary considers this a folk etymology with no evidence supporting it.

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