1. ἔγκαρ · enkar — Beekes
ἔγκαρ [?] = φθείρ ‘louse’ (Eust. 757, 27). «ΟΕ» *ETYM Uncertain. From the word for ‘head’? — [Beekes, s.v. ἔγκαρ, p. 417]
The corpus record
ἔγκᾰρ
egkar
louse
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What it meant
2. ἔγκαρ · enkar — Chantraine
ἔγκαρ : vaudrait φθείρ (Eust. 757,27). Le mot est-il tiré du nom de la tête ? — [Chantraine, s.v. ἔγκαρ, p. 324]
3. ἔγκᾰρ · enkar — LSJ
= φθείρ, Eust. 757.27.
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.