- κεράμβυξ
- κεράμβυξ, -υκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `longicorn beetle, `Hornschröter' (Nic. Fr. 39, H.; on the meaning Goossens L'Ant. Class. 17, 263ff.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Cf. σήραμβος, κόλυμβος, κόρυμβος a. o. (Chantraine Formation 261), and βόμβυξ, ὄρτυξ etc. (ib. 383 and 397). Another formation is κεράμβηλον, glossed by H. a. o. with κάνθαρος; cf. πέτηλος, κίβδηλος a. o. - The form cannot be derived from κέρας `horn'. If they have prenasalization, as seems probable, it is a Pre-Greek word. We know that -ηλ(ο)- is a Pre-Greek suffix. Also the suffix -υκ- is Pre-Greek. Fur. (passim) compares κᾱ́ραβος, καρά(μ)βιος and καραβίδες, as well as *σκαραβαῖος, all beetles; the form κερα- may have been adapted to κέρας. It is surprising that th etymology with κέρας is so long retained and that the Pre-Greek character has not been observed.Page in Frisk: 1,822-823
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.