- λάρος
- λάροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: name of `a rapacious sea-bird', perh. `mew' (Thompson Birds s. v.), often metaph. of demagogues a. o. (ε 51, Ar., Arist.).Derivatives: Cf. λαρίς f. `id.' (AP); also in σισίλαρος πέρδιξ. Περγαῖοι H. ?Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Often considered as onomatopoetic ("cryer"), Bq, WP. 2, 376, Pok. 650, W.-Hofmann s. lāmentum , also Chantraine Form. 7); cf. esp. Arm. lor `quail' (with different vowel). Not with Prellwitz as "Schlinger" to λάρυγξ (s. v.). Schwyzer 61 considers Pre-Greek origin. - Cf.. λῆρος. So no etym.; and σισίλαρος points to a Pre-Greek formation.Page in Frisk: 2,86
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.