The corpus record

κάλανδρος

kalandros

kind oflark

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What it meant

1. κάλανδρος · kalandros — Beekes

κάλανδρος [m.] ‘kind oflark’ (Dionys. Av. 3, 15). eETYM Ending like tapavd(p)oc, Μαίανδρος; origin unknown. Thence Ital. calandro ‘lark’ (Meyer-Liibke 1911-1920: N° 1486). See also WH s.v. caliandrum. No doubt either Pre-Greek, or a loan from Anatolia. — [Beekes, s.v. κάλανδρος, p. 669]

2. κάλανδρος · kalandros — Frisk

κάλανδρος m. Art Lerche (Dionys. Av. 3, 15). — Ausgang wic in τάρανδ(ρ)ος, Μαίανδρος u.a.; Herkunft unbekannt. Pelasgische Erklärung bei v. Windekens Le Pö&lasgique 111ff. — Daraus ital. calandro “"Kalanderlerche, Feldlerche’ usw. (Meyer-Lübke Rom. ct. Wb. NP 1486). S. auch W.-Hofmann s. caliandrum. — [Frisk, s.v. κάλανδρος, p. 793]

3. κάλανδρος · kalandros — LSJ

lark

a kind of lark, Dionys. Av. 3.15.

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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