ὅρκῡς

ὅρκῡς, -ῡνος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `tuna'; (middl. com., Arist.);

Other forms: later ὅρκῡνος (Dorio a. Hikes. [I^a] in Ath.).

Derivatives: ὁρκυνεῖον n. meaning uncertain (Halicarn. V^a). On the stemformation Schwyzer 458 a. 488 w. lit. Besides ὁρκύαλος `id.' (v.l. Xenokr. ap. Orib.) like φύσαλος a.o. (Strömberg Fischn. 127 f.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Unexplained LW [loanword]; cf. Thompson Fishes s.v. - Prob. Pre-Greek. The original form will have had *arkūs\/n-, with a \> o before u.

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