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βάρηκες

barekes

the gums, cheeks; clew of wool

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What it meant

1. βάρηκες · barēkes — Beekes

βάρηκες [m.]/[f.)]? = τὰ οὖλα τῶν ὀδόντων, σιαγόνες, τολύπη ‘the gums, cheeks; clew of wool’, etc. (EM 188, 37ff.). *VAR » βάρακες 'τολύπη ‘ball-shaped cake’ (H.). 202 Bapic 1 eETYM Cf. »βαβρῆκες ‘id’. Is the word from Pre-Gr. *bar”-ak-? or simply reduplicated, i.e. *ba-b[a]r-ak-? — [Beekes, s.v. βάρηκες, p. 248]

2. βάρηκες · barēkes — Chantraine

βάρηκες : glosé par EM 188,37 τὰ οὖλα τῶν ὀδόντων, σιάγονες, τολύπη. Obscur, pourrait être apparenté à βάραξ, voir ce mot. — [Chantraine, s.v. βάρηκες, p. 179]

3. βάρηκες · barēkes — LSJ

gums, cheeks, particles of food adhering to the teeth

gums, cheeks, or particles of food adhering to the teeth; also, = τολύπη, EM 188.37.

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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