1. ἀκρεμών · akremōn — Beekes
The corpus record
ἀκρεμών
akremon
bough, branch
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What it meant
ἀκρεμών, -dvoc (m.] ‘bough, branch’ (Simon.); on the mg. see Strémberg 1937: 141f., 54f. VAR Accentuation after Hdn. Gr. 1, 33; the mss. mostly have -ἔμων. *ETYM The old etymology with ἄκρος is improbable, as the formation is unclear (see Chantraine 1933: 172f.). It is most improbable that κρεμών (Eratosth.) is due to » κρεμάννυμι. Like the etymology, it is a desperate attempt to reduce the word to known … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀκρεμών, p. 103]
2. ἀκρεμών · akremōn — Frisk
ἀκρεμών, -dvos m. (Akzent nach Hdn. Gr. 1,33; Hoss. gew. -£uwv) "Ast, Zweig’, zur Bedeutung Strömberg Theophrastea 14lf., 54f. (Simon., E., Thphr. usw.). Davon ἀκρεμονικὴ (ἀπόφυσις) Thphr., vgl. Strömberg 98 A. 1. — Seit Benfey zu ἄκρος gezogen; zur Bildung Brugmann Grundriß? 2: 1, 241, Schwyzer 522, Chantraine Formation 172f. Die apokopierte Form κρεμών (Eratosth.) kann durch Anschluß an κρεμάννυμι veranlaßt sein. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀκρεμών, p. 88]
3. ἀκρεμών · akremōn — LSJ
bough, branch
bough, branch, Thphr. HP 1.1.9; οἱ ἀ. τῶν κλάδων Ael. NA 4.38, cf. Simon. 183, E. Cyc. 455, Theoc. 16.96, A.R. 2.1101.
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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