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ὄκρῐς

okris

top, protruding point, corner

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1. ὄκρις · okris — Beekes

ὄκρις [m.] ‘top, protruding point, corner’ (Hp.). 41 *h,ok-ri- ‘top, protruding’> comp As a first member in ὀκρί-βας, -avtog [m.], properly “walking on the top”, ‘elevated place, stage, stand’ (Pl.). Fur. 217” takes this word as Pre-Greek, but without sufficient reason. *DER ὀκρι-όεις ‘sharp-edged, spiky’ (Hom., A. Hell. poet.); oxpic [f.] ‘spiky’, epithet of φάραγξ (A. Pr. 1016); ὀκρι-άομαι [v] in ὀκριόωντο ‘they … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄκρις, p. 1117]

2. ὄκρις · okris — Chantraine

ὄκρις : m. «pointe, coin », ete. (Hp.). Composés : ôxpl-Bus «ce qui s'appuie (pose les pieds) sur des pointes », donc «tribune, plate forme, chevalet » (PL, etc.), siège d'un cocher (Hsch., Phot., Suid.), cf. χιλλίδας, le second terme étant issu de βαίνω, voir Chantraine, Formation 269 sq.; avec voyelle de liaison ôxproedñc (Hp.). Dérivés : ὀκριόεις «pointu, pourvu d'arêtes » (Hom., Æsch., Alexandrins), avec la même … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄκρις, p. 807]

3. ὄκρις · okris — Frisk

ὄκρις m. ‘Spitze, scharfe Kante, Ecke’ (Hp.); als Vorderglied in öxpl-Bas, -avros m. eig. „der auf Spitzen geht“, “erhöhter Platz, Gerüst, Tribüne’ (Pl., sp.; vgl. Schwyzer 526, Chantraine Form. 269f.). — Davon ὀκρι-όεις "scharfkantig, spitzig’ (Hom., A., hell. Dicht.; zur Bildung Debrunner ’Avridwooor 28f.); ὀκρίς f. ‘spitzig’ Beiw. zu φάραγξ (A. Pr. 1016); dxeıἄάομαι (zur Bildung Schwyzer 732) in ὀκριάωντο "sie … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄκρις, p. 1346]

4. ὄκρῐς · okris — LSJ

jagged point, prominence, any roughness

jagged point or prominence, any roughness on an edge or surface, as of a fractured bone, Hp. Art. 14.

II rugged

as Adj. ὀκρίς, ίδος, ὁ, ἡ, = ὀκριόεις, rugged, φάραγξ A. Pr. 1016. (Cf. Umbr. ocar (acc. ocrem, etc.) ‘arx, mons’, OLat. ocris = mons confragosus.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄκρῐς (scan p. 1117; entry #4495).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄκρῐς (scan p. 807; entry #5847).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄκρῐς (scan p. 1346; entry #4216).

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