- γόγγρος
- γόγγροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: 1. `conger-eel' (Antiph.); 2. `tubercular disease in olive-trees' (Thphr.).Derivatives: γογγρίον (Sch. Opp. H. 1, 113); also γογγρώδης H. (γογγρώδης τῆς ἐλαίας ἔκφυσις as explanation of γόγγρος); also γογγροειδής (Arist.); γογγρώνη `excrescence on the neck' (Hp.; cf. χοιράς `id.', from χοῖρος `pig'; suffix as in κροτώνη).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The botanical-medical term is just γόγγρος = `conger-eel'; both because the fish is round and thick, and voracious, as in καρκίνος, Lat. cancer. The fish is often considered as Pre-Greek (e.g. Fohalle Mélanges Vendryes 157ff.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 16, 166). DELG considers a popular formation based on γογγύλος (but it seems more probable that γόγγρος existed first). - Lat. conger (gonger) is a Greek loan.Page in Frisk: 1,318
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.