- κιρρός
- κιρρόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `red-yellow, yellow-brown', of οἶνος, νέκταρ (Hp., Nic.), f. κιρράς (Nic.).Compounds: Compp.: ὑπό- (Hp., Dsc., Gal.), ἔγ-κιρρος (Dsc.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 127), κιρρο-ειδής (Apollod. Myth.).Derivatives: κιρρώδης (Hippiatr.). κιρρίς f. `a sea-fish (Opp.); cf. κηρίς s. κηρός (κιρρά [for κίρρα?] H.); also = εἶδος ἱέρακος (EM 515, 15); cf. κεῖρις ὄρνεον, ἱέραξ, οἱ δε ἁλκυόνα H., from which Lat. cīris `sea-bird', s. W.-Hofmann s. v.; also κίρις ... ὄρνεον H.;Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Quite uncertain hypotheses in v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 40f. - On the geminata -ρρ- cf. πυρρός (or expressive?). Unexplained. The comparison with Lith. šir̃mas, šir̃vas `(blew)grey' (Prellwitz, Frisk IF 49, 99) is problematic as regards the vowels, as Lith. -ir̃- is prob. zero grade (Pok. 573f.). Acc. to others to Slav., e. g. R.-CSl. sěrь `grey', MIr. cīar `dark' etc. (Pok. 540f.); diff. on the Slav. words Vasmer Wb. s. séruj.Page in Frisk: 1,857
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.