καρίς

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The variations may point to a Pre-Greek word. Frisk derives it as a short popular form of κάραβος (kárabos, kind of crayfish, beetle). The exact derivation is unknown, but the element /kaɾ/ connects many names for shrimps, crayfish, scorpions and crabs, about which see Persian خرچنگ (xarčang, crab) and Old Armenian կարիճ (karič, scorpion).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κᾱρῑ́ς (kārī́sf (genitive κᾱρῖδος); third declension

  1. shrimp, prawn

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Old Armenian: կարիտոս (karitos)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κᾱρίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 645

Further reading

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