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καῦρος

kauros

[adj

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What it meant

1. καῦρος · kauros — Beekes

καῦρος [adj.] = κακός (S. Fr. 1059, Phot. H.). «Ὁ» *ETYM Gtintert 1914: 131 assumes a cross of παῦρος and καυνός = κακός. Frisk thinks that a cross of κακός and παῦρος is possible. There is no support for these suggestions. — [Beekes, s.v. καῦρος, p. 706]

2. καῦρος · kauros — Frisk

καῦρος = κακός (S. Fr. 1059, Phot., Η.). — Nach Güntert Reimwortbildungen 131 Kreuzung von παῦρος und καυνός = κακός (vgl. ἃ. W.). Auch eine Kreuzung von κακός und παῦρος ließe sich denken. xaucla f. Ben. eines königlichen Filzhutes bei den Makedonen (hell. u. spät; s. Hoffmann Maked. 55ff.). — Unerklärt. Lose Vermutung von Sapir AmJPh 60, 464. — [Frisk, s.v. καῦρος, p. 835]

3. καῦρος · kauros — LSJ

= κακός, S. Fr. 1059.

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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