- σμάραγδος
- σμάραγδοςGrammatical information: f. (m.)Meaning: `emerald' (Hdt., Pl. etc.).Other forms: Also μάραγδος (Men., hell. inscr.), also ζμάραγδος, -ιον (inscr., pap.).Compounds: σμαραγδο-χαίτης `with emerald-green hair' (Tim. Pers.).Derivatives: σμαράγδ-ιον n. (M. Ant.), -ίτης m. (λίθος; hell., Plin.); -ινος `of S., s.-green' (pap. a. o.), -ειος `id.' (Hld.), -ώδης `s.-like' (sch.); -ίζω `to be s.-green' (D. S., Dsc.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Orient.Etymology: Identical with Skt. marakatam (also maraktam) n. and Accad. barraqtu, Hebr. bāræqæt `id.'. The orig. source may be Semit. (to brq `gleam, flicker'). On Gr. σμ- cf. Σμέρδις: OP Bardiya a. o. (Schwyzer 311); also σμαραγέω may have been of unfluence. The later attested μάραγδος from Ind.? From Greek Lat. smaragdus and Pers. Arab. zumurrud, from where Osman. zümrüd \> Russ. izumrúd. -- Mayrhofer Sprache 7, 187 f. w. lit., also KEWA. s. v.; older lit. in Lewy Fremdw. 57.Page in Frisk: 2,747
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.