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ἀκκώ

akko

bogey

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What it meant

1. ἀκκώ · akkō — Beekes

ἀκκώ, -οῦς [{] ‘bogey’ (Plu. 2, 1040b), acc. to others (Zen. 1, 53) ‘vain woman’.

2. ἀκκώ · akkō — Chantraine

ἀκκώ, -oùç : f. -croquemitaine femelle» (Piu. Jfor. 1040 b se référant à Chrysippe, SVF 3,313), femme rss et minaudière {Zén. 1,53), οἵ. Suidas 1,87 — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀκκώ, p. 62]

3. ἀκκώ · akkō — Frisk

ἀκκώ, -οὔς f. “Popanz’ (Plu. 2, 1040b), nach anderen (Zen. 1,53) “eitles Weib’. Auch EN (Plu. u.a.). — Davon ἀκκίξζομαι “sich verstellen, sich zieren’ (Pl., Men., Alkiphr., Luk. u.a.). Lallwort der Kindersprache, vgl. lat. Acca (Larentia), aind. akkä (Gramm.), auch kleinasiatisch (Kretschmer Einleitung 351). Vgl. Güntert Kalypso 53f. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκκώ, p. 83]

4. ἀκκώ · akkō — LSJ

bogey, vain woman

bogey, that nurses used to frighten children with, Plu. Stoic.rep. 2.1040b: acc. to others, vain woman, Zen. 1.53.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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