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οπίς

opis

TWO INDEPENDENT SOURCES

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Compiled and edited by Kyriakos Gold, with meanings written by him. Each entry is attested by the published sources it names. The entries have not yet been reviewed by the editorial board.

IN STANDARD GREEKπίσω
IN ENGLISHbehind
ORIGIN, AS THE SOURCE GIVES ITAncient Greek ὄπισθεν / related inherited Greek form (author discusses archaic forms)

CHAIN OF EVIDENCE

  1. PLACEAjara, Georgia, and community mixed collection
  2. SOURCE 1Teona Abuladze (2024), Patterns of Archaic Lexics in Pontic Greek Speech of Ajara, indexed abstract: archaisms open
  3. SOURCE 2PontosWorld contributors (2026), Pontic Greek/Roméika Dictionary, p. 20 open
  4. COMPILED BYKyriakos Gold (2026), Pontic Lexicon. Compiled and edited, with meanings written by the compiler.
  5. PRONUNCIATIONThe source gives no IPA. We do not fill it in from guesswork.

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