περκνός

περκνός

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `spotted, having dark spots', also as name of a kind of eagle (Ω 316, Hp., Arist.).

Derivatives: ἐπί-περκνος `somewhat spotted' (X.,; Strömberg Prefix Studies 105). - Beside it πέρκος m. `kind of eagle' (Arist.), πέρκη f. `redfin perch, Perca fluviatilis' (Emp., Com., Arist.) with -ίς, -ίον, -ίδιον (Com., pap., Dsc.); περκάς adj. f., attribute of κίχλη, prob. as fishname (Eratosth.). Denominatives. a. περκάζω, -ομαι, also w. ὑπο-, ἐπι-, ἐν-, `to start getting dark spots, to start ripening', act. also `to colour dark' (η 126, Thphr., LXX); b. περκαίνω, -ομαι (ἐμ-) `id.' (E., H.); c. ἀπο-περκόομαι `to become dark', of ripening grapes (S. Fr. 255, 6). Here περκώματα τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ προσώπου ποικίλματα H.; after Krahe IF 58, 225 also Περκώτη f. town in Mysia. -- Beside it 1. with zerograde: πρακνόν μέλανα H.; 2. with diff., prob. secondary full grade: πρεκνόν ποικιλόχροον ἔλαφον H., to which 3. with o-ablaut πρόξ, -κός f. (s. v.) and προκάς f. `deer- or roe-like animal', Πρόκνη PN "the nightingale" or "swallow", Radke P.-W. 23, 250; 4. with lengthened grade πρωξ, -κός f. `drop of dew' (s. v.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [820f] *perk- `vriegated, motley'

Etymology: The substantival πέρκος, πέρκη presuppose an adj. *περκός, to which f. περκάς, as λεῦκος, λεύκη from λευκός, f. λευκάς. From *περκός also περκ-άζω, -αίνω, -όομαι (like λευκ-αίνω a.o.). Beside it with ν-suffix περκ-νός like the synonymous ἐρεμ-νός, κελαι-νός a.o. (Chantraine Form. 194; cf. below). -- Old inherited family with representatives in several languages, where esp. the many animal names are remarkable. With πρακνόν agree except for the ending both Skt. pŕ̥śni-'spotted, variegated' as a Germ. name of the trout, OHG forhana (to which with l-suffix the dimin. Forelle), OE forn(e) f., IE *pr̥ḱ-n-. A full grade agreement gives the Swed. fishname färna f., IE *perḱ-n- like περκ-ν-ός. With *περκός, πέρκος a Celt. word can be identified: MIr. erc (Wesh erch) `spotted, dark-red', as subst. `salmon, trout', also `cow, lizard'. -- Another representative is the Germ. word for `vatiegated, colourful' and `colour' in OHG faro, farawa, IE *porḱ-u̯ó-; one must certainly also consider Lat. pulc(h)er `beautiful' from *pelc-ro-s or *polc-ro-s (with dissim.); IE *perḱ-, resp. *porḱ- or *pr̥ḱ-. On the formation also Borgström NTS 16, 141 f. -- Further forms w. lit. in WP. 2, 45 f., Pok. 820f., W.-Hofmann s. pulc(h)er and 2. porcus. Older lit. also in Bq. Cf. also πάπραξ.

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