- ἀχράς
- ἀχράς, -άδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `wild pear and its fruit, Pyrus amygdaliformis' (Com., Arist.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Cf. οἰνάς, ἐρινάς etc. (Chantr. Form. 356f.); further unclear. One connects ἄχερδος (q. v.). Possibly a loanword acc. to Frisk and Chantr. Prob. Pre-Gr. ἀ-χερδ- : ἀ-χραδ-, with metathesis and α\/ε (cf. Fur. 392 στεργίς\/στρεγγίς).Page in Frisk: 1,203
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.