- ἀφάρκη
- ἀφάρκηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: name of an evergreen tree, `Arbutus hybrida' (Thphr.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Improbable theory by Strömberg Wortstudien 27ff. (to ἄρκυς with ἀπο-), s. Frisk. Unclear ἀφαρκίδευτον ἀγρευτόν, ἀθυσίαστον H. s. Chantr. Fur. 175 refers to Schwyzer 530, who compares Thess. Φαρκαδών, which would give a prothetic vowel; a substr. word is anyhow probable.Page in Frisk: 1,194
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.