LOGOI

The corpus record

ἑλεδώνη

eledone

the fish Sciaena umbra

Generated live from the audited corpus — every figure on this page is a database query, not prose from memory.

What it meant

1. ἐλεδώνη · eledōnē — Beekes

ἐλεδώνη [f.] a kind of octopus (Arist. HA 5258 17), cf. Thompson 1947 s.v. 4PG> VAR Also éA-. Further δελεδώνη: ὁ μύλλος ἰχθύς ‘the fish Sciaena umbra’. eETYM Formation in -@vn (seen in plant names; cf. χελώνη, yoyypwvn, etc.); further unknown. “Ohne Zweifel Mittelmeerwort” (Frisk). — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλεδώνη, p. 452]

2. ἐλεδώνη · eledōnē — Chantraine

ἐλεδώνη : «élédone musquée » (avec la variante ἐλ-) ἔν mollusque céphalopode voisin du poulpe, semble distinct de la βολίταινα (Arist., H,4. 525 a), cf. Thompson, Fishes 8.u. Et.: Ignorée, ce qui n'étonne pas pour un mot de ce genre. Pour la finale, cf. χελώνη, γογγρώνη et d'autre part les noms d'animaux du type τενθρηδών, τερηδών, ete. Ou bien mot méditerranéen ? Ou bien formation populaire qui pourrait être … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐλεδώνη, p. 349]

3. ἑλεδώνη · heledōnē — LSJ

octopus

a kind of octopus, Arist. HA 525a17, Henioch. 3, Artem. 2.14.

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.

Downloads

CC BY 4.0 with receipt attribution — every file carries its license line. What is exportable

Ask the librarian

Ask about ἑλεδώνη →