- πάγουρος
- πάγουροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `edible crab, crab, Cancer pagurus' (Ar., Arist.).Other forms: S. below.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Prop. "whose οὑρά consists of πάγος" referring to the harshness of the short back of the body (as opposed to the more soft tail of other sprecies). - The traditional etymology is unconvincing. More probably it is a Pre-Greek word. Furnée (165 w. n. 89. 90 and 331 w. n. 32) connects φάγρος, φάγωρος ἰξθῦς ποιός H. Latin took the word as pagurus, from where MFr., NFr. pag(r)ure `Cancer pagurus'; with sec. r also φαγρώριος. Cf. also σκίουρος.Page in Frisk: 2,460
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.