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ὄρκῡς

orkus

dvoc [m

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What it meant

1. ὅρκῦς · horkys — Beekes

ὅρκῦς, -dvoc [m.] “πα΄ (middle com., Arist.). VAR Later ὅρκῦνος (Dorio and Hikes. [I*] in Ath.). *DER Opkvuvetov [n.] mg. uncertain (Halicarn. V*). On the stem-formation see Schwyzer: 458 and 488. Also ὁρκύαλος ‘id’ (v1. Xenocr. apud Orib.), like φύσαλος, etc. (Stromberg 1943: 127f.). eETYM Unexplained loanword; cf. Thompson 1947 s.v. Probably Pre-Greek; note the suffix and the meaning. — [Beekes, s.v. ὅρκῦς, p. 1155]

2. ὄρκῦς · orkys — Chantraine

ὄρκῦς, -Üvoc : m. (comédie moyenne, Arist., etc.), puis forme thématique 6pxüvos m. (Dorio et Hicesias ap. Ath. 315 c ἃ, Æl., Opp.), sorte de gros thon, cf. Thompson, Fishes s.u.; d'où ὀρκυνεῖον + madrague » (SIG 46, 44, Halicarnasse, ve s. avant). Autre forme pour ὄρχυς : ὀρκύαλος (var. chez Orib. citant Xénocrate, 2, 58, 140), cf. Strômberg, Fischnamen 127, qui compare pour le suffixe θύμαλος, φύσαλος, etc. — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄρκῦς, p. 838]

3. ὄρκῡς · orkys — LSJ

a large kind of tunny

a large kind of tunny, Anaxandr. 41.62, Archestr. Fr. 34.3, Arist. HA 543b5, etc.; cf. ὄρκυνος.

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