- κάρχαρος
- κάρχαροςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `biting, sharp, raw' (Alcm. 140, Lyc., Opp.),Other forms: with reshaped ending καρχαρέος (EM).Compounds: καρχαρόδων (-ους), -οντος `with sharp teeth' (Il., Hes., Ar., Arist., Thphr.; cf. Sommer Nominalkomp. 93)Derivatives: καρχαρίας m. `kind of shark' (Pl. Com., Sophr.; cf. Thompson Fishes s. v., Strömberg Fischnamen 45); the word was taken over in Lat. carcharus, -ias, Saint-Denis, Rev. de phil. 3e sér. 40 (1966) 388ff.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Onomatopoet. reduplicated formation (Schwyzer 423). One compares Skt. khára- `hard, raw, sharp' (which cannot agree with the Gr.-χ-), NPers. xār(ā) `rock, thorn', and Toch. A tsär `raw'; the last doubtful, s. Pedersen Tocharisch 242f. w. n. 1. Acc. to Leumann Hom. Wörter 156 κάρχαρος was taken from hom. καρχαρόδοντες. - An unaspirated form is κάρκαροι τραχεῖς καὶ δέσμοι H. (cf. s. v.). S. Bq, WP. 1, 355, Mayrhofer KEWA s. kharaḥ1. -Blanc thinks that the word is connected with χάραξ `pointed pole' and χαράσσω `sharpen, engrave etc.', REG 107 (1994) 686-693. Fur. 130 rejects the IE comparison (see Mayrhofer Wb. 1, 170, who points to Dravidian origin). The comparison with κάρκαροι points rather to Pre-Greek origin; Fur. refers to Urart. ḥarḥar `heap of stones, Arm. karkar̄ `slippery rock'.Page in Frisk: 1,796
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