- κέδρος
- κέδροςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `cedar-tree' (ε 60).Compounds: Few compp., e. g. κεδρ-έλαιον `cedar-oil' (Aët.), ὀξύ-κεδρος f. `prickly cedar' (Thphr.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 35). -Derivatives: κεδρίς f. `juniper-berry' (Hp., Ar.); κέδρον n. `id.' (inscr., EM, H.); κεδρία `cedar-oil' (Hdt., D. S.), also κεδρέα (pap., medic.; after μηλέα, συκέα etc.). κεδρίτης (οἶνος) `wine with juniper-aroma' (cf. Redard Les noms grecs en -της 97 m. n. 6). κέδρινος `of cedar-wood' (Hp., E., Arist.), also κεδρίνεος `id.' (Nic.; metr. reshaping), κεδρωτός `made of cedar-wood' (E. in lyr.), Κεδρεᾶτις, -ιδος f. name of Artemis in Orchomenos in Arcadia (Paus. 8, 13, 2; after Τεγεᾶτις a. o.). κέδρωστις, -εως f. `bryony' (Dsc. 4, 182; after ἄγρωστις, s. v.). Denominative verb κεδρόω `lay in cedar-resin, embalm' (Posidon., Str.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unknown. The similarity with the Baltic names of the juniper, e. g. Lith. kadagỹs (Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 612, Lidén IF 18, 491), is limited to the first syllable (IE interpretation by H. Petersson Heteroklisie 104f., Specht Ursprung 147); the further connection with Russ. čad `vapour', OCS kaditi `smoke' (IE. *kēd- : *kōd-; Schrader-Nehring l. c.) is also quite hypothetical. Endzelin in Mühlenbach-E.: to Latv. cedrin̥š `heath'. Lat. LW [loanword] cedrus. - Acc. to Fohalle Mélanges Vendryes 157ff. a Mediterranean word for `cedar', Lat. citrus `Thuia articulata' and Gr. κέδρος would have been adapted to each other (?). - Further Schrader-Nehring l. c., Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. kadagỹs, W.-Hofmann s. cedrus und citrus, Pok. 537. S. also κίτρον, -κίτριον.Page in Frisk: 1,808
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.