1. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Beekes
The corpus record
κάνθᾰρος
kantharos
kind of (dung-)beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius
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Where it lives
- Habacuc 1 · 9.14/10k
- Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
2. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Chantraine
3. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Chantraine
4. κάνθαρος · kantharos — Frisk
5. κάνθᾰρος · kantharos — LSJ
dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius, Arist. HA 490a15, al., Ael. NA 10.15, Ar. Lys. 695, Crates Theb. 10.6, Theoc. 5.114, Aesop. 7, etc.; Αἰτναῖος κ., a specially large kind, A. Fr. 233, S. Ichn. 300, cf. Epich. 76: prov., κανθάρου σκιαί, of some paltry fear, Hsch., Diogenian. 5.88; so ἀθυμῶν ὅτι αὐτοῦ καταθέουσι δύο κανθάρω Lib. Ep. 91.4.
a sort of drinking-cup with large handles, Phryn.Com. 15, Amips. 2, Axionic. 7.
a kind of Naxian boat, Ar. Pax 143, Sosicr. 2, Nicostr.Com. 10.
black sea-bream, Cantharus lineatus, Arist. HA 598a10.
in Egypt, mark or knot on the tongue of the Apis-bull, Hdt. 3.28.
womanʼs ornament, prob. a gem in scarab-form, Antiph. 61.
In the wild
- 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)
- κάνθαρον · kantharon Herodotus, Histories 3.28.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3069)
- κάνθαρος · kantharos Septuaginta, Habacuc 2
- κάνθαρος · kantharos Sophocles, Ichneutae 308
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κάνθᾰρος (scan pp. 681-682; entry #2902).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κάνθᾰρος (scan p. 505; entry #3616).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κάνθᾰρος (scan pp. 808-809; entry #2766).