- ἀχαΐνης
- ἀχαΐνης, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `brocket, two-year stag'; (Arist.).Other forms: ἀχαΐνη f., also ἀχαιΐνη, ἀχαιινέη `deer' (Arist.).Derivatives: ἀχαιινέη f. `hide of brocket' (A. R.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: The word has been derived from Άχαί̈α, the region from where the animal would come; Keller, Thiere 1, 350; Thiere d. klass. Altertums 77, 79, 91. Brands, Griekse diernamen 81 recalls EM, sch. A.R. 4, 175, which derives it from a town Άχαιινέα in Crete. Speculative vW.Page in Frisk: 1,198
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.