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φέναξ

phenax

etc

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What it meant

1. Φέναξ · Phenax — Chantraine

Φέναξ, etc., désigne l’imposture comme apparence et faux-semblant : φενακίζειν, chez Sophocle (fr. 731 P), est dit de fruits qui paraissent mûrs sans l'être réellement ; le sens de φενάκη + perruque » est également instructif. Et. : Groupe familier, comme le montrent et sa fréquence chez les poètes comiques et Le suffixe -äx-. Prellwitz, suivi par Chantraine, Rev. Philol, 37, 1963, 20 sqq., en a donné une étymologie … — [Chantraine, s.v. Φέναξ, p. 1207]

2. φέναξ · phenax — LSJ

cheat, quack, impostor

cheat, quack, impostor, Ar. Ra. 909, Heraclit. Ep. 6.3, Porph. Chr. 29, etc.; in Ar. Ach. 89, perhaps with a play on φοῖνιξ (the bird); in Eq. 634 Φένακες are addressed as the tutelary gods of cheats.

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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