1. λάρκος · larkos — Beekes
The corpus record
λάρκ-ος
larkos
charcoal-basket
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Where it lives
- Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
What it meant
λάρκος [m.] ‘charcoal-basket’ (Ar.). «Ὁ» *COMP Aapk-aywydc (E. Fr. 283), Aapko-popéw (Ὁ. C.). *DER Aapkiov (Poll.) and -idtov (Ar.). *ETYM Because of vapkiov: ἀσκόν ‘bag, wineskin’ (H.), it has been derived from *vapkoc by influence of »λάρναξ. Doubtful. On vapkiov, cf. » νάρκη. Fur.: 30546 compares νάκος ‘fleece’, which is semantically far-fetched. — [Beekes, s.v. λάρκος, p. 881]
2. λάρκος · larkos — Chantraine
λάρκος : m., panier pour porter du charbon, mais aussi des figues, οἷς, (Αγ, etc.), avec λαρκίον (Poll. 10,111), -{Siov (Ar.). Composés : λαρκ-αγωγός (E. fr. 283), λαρκοφορέω (D. C.). Et.: On part de la glose d'Hsch. vapxlov " ἀσκόν (v. s.u.) et l’on suppose une déformation de Fydpxoc sous l'influence de λάρναξ. — [Chantraine, s.v. λάρκος, p. 638]
3. λάρκος · larkos — Frisk
λάρκος m. “"Kohlenkorb’ (Ar.u.a.) mit λαρκίον (Poll.) und -ἰδιον (Ar.); λαρκ-αγωγός (ΕἸ. Fr. 283 [troch.]), λαρκο-φορέω (D.C.). — Nicht sicher erklärt. Wegen ναρκίον" ἀσκόν H. aus *vdoxog durch EinfluB von λάρναξ hergeleitet (Legerlotz ΚΖ 8, 399, Fick 1,503 u.a.; WP. 2, 699, Pok. 976); von Persson Beitr. 2, 817 bezweifelt, von Bq abgelehnt. — Zu vapxiov vgl. νάρκη. — [Frisk, s.v. λάρκος, p. 1058]
4. λάρκ-ος · lark-os — LSJ
charcoal-basket
charcoal-basket, Ar. Ach. 333, Alex. 208, Lys. Fr. 139 S. (Dissim. fr. νάρκος, cf. ναρκίον.)
In the wild
- λάρκος · larkos Aristophanes, Acharnians 350 (DIORISIS sentence 272)
- λάρκος · larkos Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 255)
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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