- γλαυκός
- γλαυκόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: in Hom. (Π 34) of the sea, after Hom. `bluish green or grey' (Il.); see Pötscher, Rh. Mus. 141\/2 (1998) 97-111.Dialectal forms: Myc. karauko \/Glaukos\/.Derivatives: γλαῦκος name of a fish (Com.; s. Strömberg Fischnamen 23f.and Thompson Fishes 48); γλαυκία η γλαυκίον βοτάνη τις H. (Plin.); also `juice of the horned poppy' (Dsc.) and name of a duck (Ath.), both after the colour; γλαυκίδανον name of an eyesalve (Gal.). - Denomin. ptc. γλαυκιόων `gleaming?' (Il.) but Pötscher (Glotta 72, 1994, 105-8) `with the green, brilliant eyes of an owl', γλαυκόομαι `be affected with glaucoma' (Hp.), γλαύκωμα `glaucoma' (Arist.), γλαύσσω `shine' (H.) cf. λευκός: λεύσσω. - Several PN: Γλαῦκος, Γλαύκη (Il.), Γλαύκων, -ίων etc.. - On γλαυκῶπις s. v.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Hardly to γαλήνη, γελάω (s. vv.). - Improbable Leumann Hom. Wörter 148ff. (wrong analsis of γλαυκῶπις; s. Chantr. Mél. Carcopino (1966) 193ff.). - No etymology; hardly IE (*gleh₂u-ko- would be a rather unusual formation); so rather Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,310-311
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.