- ζακόρος
- ζακόροςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `temple-servant' (Att. inscr. Va, Hyp., Men. etc.); ὑπο-ζακόρος f. `subaltern temple-servant' (Hdt.), ἀρχι-ζακόρος `upper temple-servant' (Laodiceia).Other forms: (prob. better than ζάκορος; s. below)Dialectal forms: Myc. dakoroDerivatives: ζακορεύω, ὑπο- ζακόρος `be temple-servant' (Delos, Thebes).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Hieratic professional term. Semantically related and formally comparable νεω-κόρος `temple-gardian' makes the analysis in ζα-κόρος very probable, where ζα- may stand for δα- (cf. on ζά) as in ζά-πεδον for δά-πεδον; ζα-κόρος then prop. "house-cleaner" (to κορέω)? Solmsen IF 31, 453ff, which seems rather doubtful. - In antiquity taken as *δια-κορος; cf. esp. διά̄-κονος. The word must anyhow be Aeolic, cf. Solmsen l. c.Page in Frisk: 1,607-608
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.