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πάπραξ

paprax

perch

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1. πάπραξ · paprax — Beekes

πάπραξ, -ακος [m., [] name of a fish in the Thracian lake Prasias (Hdt. 5, 16). *ETYM Has been connected with πέρκη ‘perch’, περκνός ‘spotted’, or explained as onomatopoeic after the supposed sound of the fish; cf. βαβράζειν ‘to chirp’. The word may be Pre-Greek (suffix -ak-). — [Beekes, s.v. πάπραξ, p. 1201]

2. πάπραξ · paprax — Chantraine

πάπραξ, -axoç : nom d’un poisson d’un lac de Thrace (Hdt. 5,16). — [Chantraine, s.v. πάπραξ, p. 873]

3. πάπραξ · paprax — Frisk

πάπραξ, -axos N. eines Fisches im thrakischen See Prasias (Hdt. 5, 16). — Zwei unsichere Hypothesen: zu si£oxn“Barsch’, neoxvog “gesprenkelt’, πρακνόν" μέλανα H. (Fick BB 29, 235 u.a.); onomatopoetisch nach der vermuteten Lautgebung, vgl. βαβράξειν ‘zirpen’ (Strömberg Fischnamen 75f.). — [Frisk, s.v. πάπραξ, p. 1444]

4. πάπραξ · paprax — LSJ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. πάπραξ (scan p. 1201; entry #4814).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. πάπραξ (scan p. 873; entry #6272).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. πάπραξ (scan p. 1444; entry #4493).

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