1. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Beekes
kind of (dung-)beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius
The corpus record
κάνθᾰρος
kantharos
kind of (dung-)beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Peace 11 · 13.81/10k
- Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
- Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
- Wasps 2 · 2.06/10k
- Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
Senses
2. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Chantraine
m
3. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Chantraine
clairement tiré de ἐρινεός et χανθαρίτης οἶνος
4. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Frisk
Scarabaeus pilularius
5. κάνθᾰρος · kantharos — LSJ
dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius
Attestations
- κάνθαρον · kantharon Herodotus, Histories 3.28.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3069)
- κάνθαρος · kantharos Sophocles, Ichneutae 308
- κανθάρου · kantharou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 60)
- κάνθαρος · kantharos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5006)
- κάνθαρος · kantharos Septuaginta, Habacuc 2
- κάνθαρός · kantharos Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 1065)
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 681-682; entry #2902 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 505; entry #3616 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 808-809; entry #2766 Review: Under source audit
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