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βράκανα

brakana

wild vegetables

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What it meant

1. βράκανα · brakana — Beekes

βράκανα [π.] - τὰ ἄγρια λάχανα ‘wild vegetables’ (H.; also Pherecr., Luc.). *ETYM βράκανα has been compared with OHG moraha, OE moru ‘carrot’. Fur. 330 rather compared Baxavov ‘cabbage(-seed)’ (Aét.), which requires the assumption of an alternation B ~ Bp (or even B ~ BS ~ Bp); for such an alternation there are indeed parallels in the Pre-Greek lexicon. Bpaxeiv [v.] - συνιέναι ‘to comprehend’; βράξαι- … — [Beekes, s.v. βράκανα, p. 282]

2. βράκανα · brakana — Chantraine

βράκανα : τὰ ἄγρια λάχανα (Hsch.) attesté en outre Pherecr. 13, Luc. Lez. 2. Ei.: Pas d'étymologie établie. Cf. δυσθράκανος sous — [Chantraine, s.v. βράκανα, p. 206]

3. βράκανα · brakana — Frisk

βράκανα" τὰ ἄγρια λάχανα H. (Pherekr., Luk.). Hypothese von Prellwitz u.a.: zu ahd. moraha, ags. moru “Möhre’. Anders über die germ. Wörter Knutsson Die germ. LW im Slavischen (LUÄ 1929) 315. Bpaxeiv- συνιέναι, βράξαι' συλλαβεῖν, δακεῖν, καταπιεῖν H. Hierher noch δυσβράκανον δυσχερές, . .. δυσκατανόητον H. — Schon von Roth ΚΖ 19, 223 zu aind. mr$sati “berühren, anfassen’ gezogen. Die anklingenden und teilweise … — [Frisk, s.v. βράκανα, p. 295]

4. βράκανα · brakana — LSJ

wild herbs

wild herbs, Pherecr. 13, Luc. Lex. 2, 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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