- βάκκαρις
- βάκκαρις, -ιδος, -ινGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `unguent from asarum' (Semon.).Other forms: Also βάκκαρ n. = ἄσαρον (Plin.) and βάκχαρι n. (Aret.), βάκχαρ n. (Ps.-Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin], LW [loanword] Lyd.Etymology: Lydian acc. to Sch. A. Pers. 42; cf. βάκκαρις ... ἄλλοι δε μύρον Λυδόν H. Pre-Gr., Fur. 128 (words in -αρ are well known); Anat. also E. Masson Emprunts sémit. 100f. Not Gaulish, s.WH 1, 91. Lat. baccar etc. is from Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,211
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.