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ἔλαφος

elaphos

killing deer

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What it meant

1. ἔλαφος · elaphos — Beekes

ἔλαφος [m., f.] “deer, deer cow’ (Il.). <1£ *h,el-en- ‘deer> *COMP Note ἐλαφη-βόλος (with rhythmically preferable -1- for -o-, Schwyzer 438f.) ‘killing deer’ (Z 319, etc.) with ἐλαφηβολία “deer hunt’ (S.), ἐλαφηβόλια (sc. ἱερά) [n.pl.] name of a festival for Artemis (Phocis), whence the month name Ἑλαφηβολιών (treaty in Th. 4, 118). As a second member in determinative compounds like τραγ-έλαφος “buck deer’ (Ar, Pl; … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔλαφος, p. 449]

2. ἔλαφος · elaphos — Chantraine

ἔλαφος : m. et f, «cerf, biche» (Hom., ion.-att.) ; p.-6. attesté en mycénien, cf. Chadwick-Baumbach 190. Dérivés : ἐλάφιον (avec valeur hypocoristique, adressé à une femme Ar., Th. 1172, puis grec tardif), ἐλαφίνης, ποὺ τῇ, + jeune cerf, faon » (Aq., Hsch.}, pour le suffixe très rare, οἵ, ταχίνᾶς nom du lièvre, et Buck, Reverse index 6-7 ; ἐλαφίαι * οἱ τῶν ἐλαφῶν ἀστράγαλοι (Hsch.); peut-être mycén. ἐλαφίαι « peaux … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἔλαφος, p. 347]

3. ἔλαφος · elaphos — Frisk

ἔλαφος m. u. f. (vgl. Schwyzer-Debrunner 31) ‘der Hirsch, die Hirschkuh’ (seit Il.). Unter den Komposita ist zu bemerken ἐλαφη-βόλος (mit rhythmisch vorzuziehendem -n- für -o-, Schwyzer 438f. m. Lit.) “Hirsche erlegend’ (#319 u.a.) mit ἐλαφηβολία "Hirschjagd’ (5. u.a.), ἐλαφηβόλια (sc. ἱερά) n. pl. N. eines Artemisfestes (Phokis), wovon der Monatsname Ἑλαφηβολιών (Vertrag bei Th. 4, 118 usw.). Als Hinterglied in … — [Frisk, s.v. ἔλαφος, p. 515]

4. ἔλαφος · elaphos — Frisk

ἔλαφος. Myk. e-ra-po, davon e-ra-pi-ja, -pe-ja "Hirschhäute‘, 5. Ruijgh Etudes ὃ 205. — Zu ἔνελος siehe auch s.v. — [Frisk, s.v. ἔλαφος, p. 2211]

5. ἔλᾰφος · elaphos — LSJ

deer, Cervus elaphus, hart, stag, hind, of deer

deer, Cervus elaphus, whether male, hart or stag, Il. 3.24, etc.; or female, hind, 11.113, etc.; κεραός, ὑψίκερως, ib. 475, Od. 10.158; κεροῦσσα S. Fr. 89; ἔ. βαλιαί E. Hipp. 218 (anap.); ἔ. ἀντὶ παρθένου Lib. Ep. 785.1; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο [ἔχων] with heart of deer. i.e. a coward, Il. 1.225; φυζακινῇς ἐλάφοισιν ἐοίκεσαν 13.102, cf. Pl. La. 196e. (Fem. as a generic term, in Trag. and X. Cyn. 9.11, 10.22, cf. αἱ ἔ. τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν Arist. HA 611a27.)

II harts

κέρας ἐλάφου hartshorn, Gp. 13.8.2.

III deerskin

deerskin, ἐλάφου πήρα Longus 3.15.

IV cake

a kind of cake, Ath. 14.649e.

V figure of a deer

figure of a deer used as a weight, IG 5(2).125 (Tegea, ii A.D.). (-φος as in ἔρι-φος, etc., ἐλα- from ἐλṇ-, cf. ἐλλός (from *ἐλνός), Lith. élnis ‘stag’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἔλαφος (scan pp. 449-450; entry #1987). Root candidates: *elen-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἔλαφος (scan p. 347; entry #2390).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἔλαφος (scan pp. 515-516; entry #1827). Root candidates: *elen-.

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