ἀκαρός

ἀκαρός

Grammatical information: m?

Meaning: σημαίνει τὸν ἐγκέφαλον η την κεφαλήν. EM 45, 13.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Cf. ἔγκαρος and ἴγκρος with the same meaning. So it seems ἐν and κὰρη `head'. It would be the only relatively certain instance of reduction of ἐν to ἀ- (Schulze KZ 29, 263f. = Kl. Schr. 358), but Nussbaum, Head and Horn 1986, 72f. remains sceptic, as one would rather expect for this old form *ἀκρος.

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