κάδυρος
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Von Blumenthal connected the word with κεκαδών (kekadṓn, “to draw back, retire”), but this seems improbable. According to Beekes, the element υρ- rather points to Pre-Greek
Pronunciation[edit]
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.dy.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.ðy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.ðy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.ði.ros/
Noun[edit]
κάδυρος • (káduros)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: κάπρος ἔνορχις (kápros énorkhis, literally “uncastrated boar”).
Further reading[edit]
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ