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βάκκᾰρις

bakkaris

unguent from asarum

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What it meant

1. βάκκαρις · bakkaris — Beekes

βάκκαρις, -150¢ [f.] ‘unguent from asarum’ (Semon.). eVAR Acc. -tv. Also Baxxap [n.] = ἄσαρον (Plin.) and βάκχαρι [n.] (Aret.), Baxyap [n.} (Ps.-Dsc.). *ETYM The word is Lydian, according to Sch. A. Pers. 42; cf. Baxkapic: ... ἄλλοι δὲ μύρον Λυδόν (H.). Whereas Fur.: 128 argues for Pre-Greek origin (words in -ap are well-represented there), E. Masson 1967: 100f. suggests that it is Anatolian. The … — [Beekes, s.v. βάκκαρις, p. 241]

2. βάκκαρις · bakkaris — Chantraine

βάκκαρις : f, acc. -w (Hp.), gén. τιδος, dat. -ιδι (Ar., etc.) mais 4 (Sémon., Hippon.), n. pl. -ets (Esch.) ; autres formes : βάκχαρ n. (Ps.-Dsc.) et βάκχαρι n. (Arél.). Sens : asarum, asaret, et surtout parfum tiré de l’asarum ; parfois espèce d'Immortelle orientale, voir André, Lerique s.u. baccar. Le mot est iydién selon sch. Æsch. Perses 42 ; cf. Hsch. «ἄλλοι δὲ μύρον AuBév. Cette origine est vraisemblable. … — [Chantraine, s.v. βάκκαρις, p. 172]

3. βάκκαρις · bakkaris — Frisk

βάκκαρις. Wenn nicht Iydisch (mit antiken Gewährsmännern), jedenfalls kleinasiat., s. E. Masson Recherches 100£. Vgl. auch Whatmough ClassPhil. 52 (1957) 118. — [Frisk, s.v. βάκκαρις, p. 2173]

4. βάκκᾰρις · bakkaris — LSJ

unguent

unguent made from ἄσαρον, Il.cc. (Lydian word, Sch. A. Pers. 42: one kind, = μύρον Λύδιον, Hsch.)

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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