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ἀκακία

akakia1

acacia

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What it meant

1. ἀκακία · akakia — Beekes

ἀκακία [f.| name of a tree or plant, ‘acacia’ or ‘Genista acanthoclada’ (Dsc.). < PG(V)> *ETYM Probably a substrate word; cf. » ἀκακαλίς. Fur. 321 compares κάκτος. There is no reason for an Oriental origin, as DELG assumes. Kramer ZPE 97 (1993): 146 compares Coptic kake, keke, κεκει ‘dark’, the color of the wood of the acacia; the ἀwould have been taken from ἄκανθος. This is unconvincing. — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκακία, p. 95]

2. ἀκακία · akakia — Chantraine

ἀκακία : 7. nom d'arbre, acacia arabica (Diosc., Aret.). Et.: Mot étranger, d'origine probablement orientale. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀκακία, p. 59]

3. ἀκακία · akakia — Frisk

50 ἀκακία — ἄκανθα als ᾿συνετός᾽, zu ἀκή usw.; vgl. acüutus. Hoffmann BB 17,828, Andere Deutungen s. Bq und Chantraine Formation 28. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκακία, p. 80]

4. ἀκακία · akakia — Frisk

ἀκακία f. Baum- und Pflanzenname “Akazie’, "Ginster’ (Dek., Aret.). Fremdwort, vgl. zu dxaxalic. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκακία, p. 80]

5. ἀκακία · akakia — LSJ

shittah tree, Acacia arabica

shittah tree, Acacia arabica, Dsc. 1.101, Aret. CD 2.6.

II Genista acanthoclada

= Genista acanthoclada, Dsc. l.c.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀκακία (scan p. 95; entry #264).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀκακία (scan p. 59; entry #272).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀκακία (scan p. 80; entry #252).

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