κύδαρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -αρ, which can be seen also in ἴκταρ (íktar), σκίναρ (skínar) and σῦφαρ (sûphar). Alternatively, it may be related to κῦδος (kûdos, “honour”), or Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ðar/ → /ˈci.ðar/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ðar/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ðar/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ðar/

Noun

κύδαρ • (kúdar)

1. (hapax) grave, tomb

   Synonym: τάφος (táphos)

   • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:

     κύδαρ· τάφος

     kúdar; táphos

     kúdar: tomb

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• “κύδαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύδαρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ