Gi

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Gi grece terra inde infra scripta.


Apparatus:

terra om. f


Translation:

Gi is Greek for Latin terra {“earth, land”}, and the word is contained in some of the entries below.


Commentary:

Greek γῆ /gê/ means “earth, ground”; with the itacist sound change η > ι {= /ē/ > /i/} resulting in /gi/.


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