- ἀδευκής
- Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: unknown; said of ὄλεθρος, πότμος, φῆμις (Od.).Dialectal forms: Myc. deukario \/Deukaliōn\/?Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [0] *deuk-? `to care'?Etymology: Presupposes, like Πολυ-δεύκης, a noun *δεῦκος n., which is unknown. (Not to Lat. dūco etc., Lagercrantz KZ 35, 276). Cf. δεύκει φροντίζει H., ἐνδυκέως `careful'; ἀδευκής would then be `careless, rücksichtslos', which fits very well. In a Scholion on A. R. 1, 1027, δεῦκος is glossed as γλεῦκος, which seems most improbable. (Is there a mistake for ΓΔΕΥΚΟΣ?) - The name Δευκαλίων may come from *Λευκαλίων, s. Bechtel Lex. s. ἀδευκής.Page in Frisk: 1,20
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.