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καρκῐν-άς

karkinas

ermite » (Gal., Æl., Opp.) ; καρκινίᾶς m. nom d

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What it meant

1. καρκινάς · karkinas — Chantraine

καρκινάς, -άδος f. «petit crabe», «bernard-l'ermite » (Gal., Æl., Opp.) ; καρκινίᾶς m. nom d’une pierre (d’après la couleur ? Pline, N.H. 37,187). En outre, καρκινεύτης « pêcheur de crabes » (Artém. 2,14), cf. ὀρνιθευτής, etc. ; χαρκινώδης « qui ressemble au crabe, au cancer» (Arist., médec., ete.). Verbe dénominatif xapxivéw «recourber » comme les pattes d'un crabe, dit de doigts (Antiph. 55,15), « recroqueviller … — [Chantraine, s.v. καρκινάς, p. 513]

2. καρκῐν-άς · karkin-as — LSJ

Dim. of καρκίνος I, Gal. 6.717, Ael. NA 7.31, Artem. 2.14, Opp. C. 2.286, H. 1.320.

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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