- ἱέρᾱξ
- ἱέρᾱξGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `hawk, falcon'; also fish-name (Epich. 68; Strömberg Fischnamen 1 13f. `high-flyer').Other forms: -ᾱκος (Alcm. 28, E., Ar., Arist.), ἴρηξ, -ηκος (ep. Ion. Il.)Compounds: Rarely in compp., e. g. ἱερακο-βοσκός `falconer' (pap.).Derivatives: Dimin. ἱερακίσκος (Ar.); ἱερακίδιον, -άδιον `statuette of a hawk' (Delos IIa; on the meaning Chantraine Formation 70), ἱερακεῖον `hawk-temple' (pap. IIa), ἱερακιδεύς `young hawk' (Eust.; like ἀετ-ιδεύς a. o.; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf -ευς 78f.); ἱερακάριος `falconer' (Cod. Cat. Astr.); ἱερακίτης name of a stone, from the colour (Plin., Gal.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 55), ἱεράκιον, also -ία, -ιάς, -ῖτις plant-name, `hawk-weed, Hieracium' (Ps.-Dsc.; on the unclear motivation Strömberg Pflanzennamen 118). - ἱεράκ-ειος, -ώδης `hawk-like' (late).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1123] *uei- `more quickly'Etymology: Though ἴρηξ in Hom. shows no digamma (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 156), the H.-glosse βείρακες ἱέρακες (with βειράκη ἡ ἁρπακτική) shows an orig. *Ϝῑρᾱξ with -ᾱκ- as in several animals names. One starts from an adj. (noun) *Ϝῑρος, perh. related to (Ϝ)ίεμαι (Ebel KZ 4, 164f.). The sec. Form ἱέραξ from folketymology after ἱερός. - Solmsen Unt. 148f., Bechtel Lex. s. ἴρηξ; more in Bq. - Possible but uncertain; the suffix -ᾱκ- could point to Pre-Greek origin.Page in Frisk: 1,712
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.