- βάσκανος
- βάσκανος, -ονGrammatical information: adj. und subst. m.Meaning: `one who bewitches, sorcerer, slanderer' (Att.).Derivatives: βασκανία, βασκάνιον `bewitching, witchcraft'; βασκοσύνη `id.' (Poet. de herb., mag. Pap.), for βασκ(αν)οσύνη. Denom. βασκαίνω `bewitch' .Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.?Etymology: Connected with βάσκειν λέγειν, κακολογεῖν and further with βάζω (q. v.). But βάσκειν as κακολογεῖν may have been influenced by βάσκανος. DELG finds the meaning too general. Kretschmer Einleitung 248 n. 4, thinks of a Thraco-Illyr. representative of φημί, φάσκω, which is semantically as weak. - One also tries to connect Lat. fascinum; it cannot be a loan from Greek. The central meaning may have been `bind'. The word may be a European substratum word. Cf. βασκευταί, βάσκιοι.Page in Frisk: 1,223-224
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.