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κάρον

karon

cumin, Carum carvi

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What it meant

1. κάρον · karon — Beekes

κάρον 1 [n.} plant name ‘cumin, Carum carvi’ (Theb. Ostr. 135 [I?], ν.1. Dsc. 3, 57). <2> *VAR Also καρώ [f.] (Dsc. l.c., Orib., uncertain Ath. 9, 371e; popular formation acc. to Chantraine 1933: 116). *ETYM Perhaps from κάρ’ φθείρ (H.), because a corn of cumin would resemble a louse. Kapov 2 [n.] - μεγάλη ἀκρίς ‘big locust’ (H.). «ΑΒ Also κάρνος (see Fur.: 371). *ETYM See Gil Fernandez 1959: 148. Fur.: 341 … — [Beekes, s.v. κάρον, p. 694]

2. κάρον · karon — Chantraine

κάρον : n. «carvi, cumin des prés » (Dsc., Theb. Osir. 135), aussi selon Hsch., μεγάλη ἀκρίς, mot différent, cf. Gil Fernandez, Insectos 148 ; autre forme du nom de la plante : καρώ 1. (Dsc., Orib., p.-ê. Ath. 371 e). — [Chantraine, s.v. κάρον, p. 513]

3. κάρον · karon — Frisk

κάρον τι. Pflanzenname, ‘Kümmel, Carum carvi’ (Theb. Ostr. 135 [IP], v.l. Dsk. 3, 57), auch καρώ f. (Dsk. l.c., Orib., unsicher Ath. 9, 371e; volkstümliche Bildung, s. Chantraine Formation 116). — Vielleicht von xag' φϑείρ H. wegen der Ähnlichkeit des Kümmelkornes mit einer Laus (WP. 2, 574). — [Frisk, s.v. κάρον, p. 822]

4. κάρον · karon — Frisk

κάρον. Zu einem anderen κάρον - μεγάλη ἀκρίς (H.) 5. Gil Fernandez Nombres de insectos 148 mit verschiedenen Hypothesen. — Vgl. καρώ (m. einer anderen Erklärung). — [Frisk, s.v. κάρον, p. 2246]

5. κάρον · karon — LSJ

= καρώ, Theb.Ostr. 135 (i A.D.); also v.l. for καρώ, Dsc. 3.57.

II

= μεγάλη ἀκρίς, Hsch.

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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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