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γοῦρος

gouros

kind of cake

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What it meant

1. γοῦρος · gouros — Beekes

γοῦρος [m.] a cake (Sol. 38, 3). *ETYM The word can be compared with ἄγγουρος: εἶδος πλακοῦντος ‘kind of cake’, with prothetic vowel and prenasalization (cf. kovww/ ἀγχύνωψ [which is not from *ava-!]). Therefore, it is of Pre-Greek origin. Perhaps further connected to » γῦρις, > yupivn. — [Beekes, s.v. γοῦρος, p. 331]

2. γοῦρος · gouros — Chantraine

γοῦρος : m. espèce de gâteau (Sol. 26, fambes). On rapproche γῦρις, γυρίνη. S'agit-il d'un terme laconien ou béotien, ce qui expliquerait la transcription -ov- de -v-? Hsch. ἃ la glose ἄγγουρος “ εἶδος πλακοῦντος : doublet obseur, p.-ê. de *é&vé-Youpoc ? — [Chantraine, s.v. γοῦρος, p. 248]

3. γοῦρος · gouros — Frisk

γοῦρος m. Art Kuchen (Sol. 38, 3). Vgl. yögıs, γυρίνη. — [Frisk, s.v. γοῦρος, p. 354]

4. γοῦρος · gouros — LSJ

cake

a kind of cake, Sol. 38.3.

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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