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καρχαλέος

karchaleos

arid, scorching, biting, sharp

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1. καρχαλέος · karchaleos — Beekes

καρχαλέος [adj.} ‘arid, scorching, biting, sharp’ (® 541 [v.l. kapg-], Nic. Th. 691 [ν.1. καρφ-], A. R.). *ETYM A cross of κάρχαρος and καρφαλέοςξ DELG remarks that the oldest sources attest to the sense ‘arid’, which could mean that the readings with -g- are to be preferred. See » κάρφω, » κάρχαρος. — [Beekes, s.v. καρχαλέος, p. 699]

2. καρχᾰλέος · karchaleos — LSJ

rough, rough in the throat

rough, δίψῃ καρχαλέοι rough in the throat with thirst, Il. 21.541 (v.l. καρφαλέοι), cf. A.R. 4.1442, Nonn. D. 14.426.

II rough, fierce, fierce

rough, fierce, κύνες A.R. 3.1058; λύκοι Tryph. 615 (v.l. καρχαρέος); of sounds, χρεμετισμός, ἱμάσθλη, Nonn. D. 29.199, 48.307; of fire, fierce, Nic. Th. 691 (v.l. καρφαλέος, q.v.). (Redupl. of khar-, cf. Skt. khára- ‘rough, sharp’.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. καρχαλέος (scan p. 699; entry #2965).

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