1. κεμάς · kemas — Beekes
The corpus record
κεμάς
kemas
young deer, young dog
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Where it lives
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
What it meant
2. κεμάς · kemas — Chantraine
3. κεμάς · kemas — Frisk
4. κεμάς · kemas — Frisk
5. κεμάς · kemas — LSJ
young deer, pricket, between νεβρός and ἔλαφος (so Ar.Byz. ap. Eust. 711.37, cf. Miller Mélanges de litt.gr. p.431), Il. 10.361, Call. Dian. 112, A.R. 3.879, Herodic. ap. Ath. 5.222a, Ael. NA 14.14:—also κεμμάς (q.v.), and in Hsch. κεμφάς, (Cf. Skt. śáma-ʼhornless’, Lith. šmúlas ‘hornless’, OE. hind.)
In the wild
- κεμάδʼ · kemadʼ Iliad 10.361
Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κεμάς (scan p. 718; entry #3060).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κεμάς (scan p. 528; entry #3828).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κεμάς (scan pp. 850-851; entry #2911). Root candidates: *kun-.
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