Γαύρος
Engraulis encrasicolus
#nm_0246📍 Greece
- Language
- Greek
- Transliteration
- Gavros
- IPA
- /ɣavɾos/
From Medieval Greek ἔγγραυλος éngraulos (anchovy), via *γλαύρος glávros and *γραυρος gravros with dissimilation of the two r-sounds ↳ From Ancient Greek ἔγγραυλις éngraulis (European anchovy), origin unexplained (Beekes) ↳ Strömberg's derivation from an unattested *ἐγγραυλίζω, related to γρυλίζω grylízō (to grunt), founders on the αυ/υ variation
European anchovy. Major Black Sea catch.
Alternates: ἀφύη (Ancient Greece)