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ἄλκαρ

alkar

defense

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

1. ἄλκαρ · alkar — Beekes

ἄλκαρ [n.] ‘defense’ (epic, lyr.). Agent noun: ἀλκτήρ, -ἦρος ‘warden, protector’ (Hom., Pi.), ἀλκτήριος ‘curing’ (Nonn.) and ἀλκτήριον [n.] ‘medicine’ (Nic.). Also from ἀλκ-: ἀλκάθω [v.] ‘to assist’ (A., 5. [acc. to gramm.]), cf. ἀμυνάθω; further ἀλκάζω [v.] ‘to show strength’ (EM), ἠλκάζοντο: ἠμύνοντο ‘they warded off (H.); thence ἀλκάσματα (S.). PNs: Ἀλκμάν, -μέων (-μαίων, cf. Bjérck 1950: 111), -μήνη etc. *ETYM … — [Beekes, s.v. ἄλκαρ, p. 118]

2. ἄλκαρ · alkar — LSJ

safeguard, defence, defence against, remedy

safeguard, defence, οὔδε τί σε Τρώεσσιν ὀΐομαι ἄ. ἔσεσθαι Il. 5.644; ἄ. Ἀχαιῶν 11.823; σᾶς δάμαρτος ἄ E. Tr. 590 (lyr.): c. gen. obj., γήραος ἄ. defence against old age, h.Ap. 193; ἴδεος, ὑετοῦ ἄ., Call. Fr. 124, A.R. 2.1074: abs., remedy, Aret. CA 1.1.—Ep. and Lyr. word, cf. Pi. P. 10.52, Ps.-Phoc. 128. Cf. ἀλέξω.

In the wild

ἄλκαρ · alkar Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7450)
ἄλκαρ · alkar Euripides, Trojan Women 2.590 (DIORISIS sentence 304)
ἄλκαρ · alkar Iliad 11.823
ἄλκαρ · alkar Iliad 5.644

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἄλκαρ (scan p. 118; entry #375).

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