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ἐγκρίς

egkris

cake made of oil and honey

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What it meant

1. ἐγκρίς · enkris — Beekes

ἐγκρίς, -ἰδος [f.] ‘cake made of oil and honey’ (Stesich., com.). “COMP éyxptdo-mwAn¢ ‘seller of ἐν (com.). 372 ἐγκυτί *ETYM A back-formation from ἐγκεράννυμι, ἐγκεράσαι ‘mix in’ is formally impossible. Neither is it connected to ἐγκρίνειν (Stromberg 1944: 15). — [Beekes, s.v. ἐγκρίς, p. 418]

2. ἐγκρίς · enkris — Chantraine

ἐγκρίς, -ἰδος : f. gâteau composé d'huile et de miel (Stésich., com., LXX, etc.) Composé ἐγχριδο-πώλης « marchand d’enkrides » {(com.). Et.: Obscure. Formation déverbale comme éyxAis ἢ Frisk évoque ἐγχεράννυμι, ἐγκεράσαι ce qui est satisfaisant pour le sens, mais non pour la forme, cf. Szemerényi, Syncope, 143, n. 1; Strômberg, Wortstudien 15, ἐγχρίνειν ce qui est bon pour la forme, plus difficile pour le sens. … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐγκρίς, p. 324]

3. ἐγκρίς · enkris — Frisk

ἐγκρίς, -ἔδος f. "Kuchen aus Öl und Honig’ (Stesich., Kom. usw.). Komp. ἐγκριδο-πώλης "Verkäufer von £.’ (Kom.). — Rückbildung aus ἐγκεράννυμι, ἐγκεράσαι "hineinmischen’. Nicht zu ἐγκρίνειν (Strömberg Wortstudien 15), auch nicht zu πριϑή, xei (vgl. Chantraine Formation 336). — [Frisk, s.v. ἐγκρίς, p. 471]

4. ἐγκρίς · enkris — LSJ

a cake made with oil and honey

a cake made with oil and honey, Stesich. 2, Pherecr. 83, Antiph. 275, LXX Ex. 16.31, Ph. 1.214; also expld. as, = ἀμανίτης, Hsch.

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