πελᾱργός

πελᾱργός

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `stork' (Ar., Pl. Alc. 1, 135 d, Arist.); also = ἄγγος τι κεράμεον H. (after the form?).

Other forms: On the quantity of the α s. bel.

Derivatives: πελαργ-ιδεύς m. `young stork' (Ar., Plu.; Bosshardt 46), -ικός `belonging to the stork' (H., Suid.), -ώδης `stork-like' (Str.), -ῖτις f. `kind of ἀναγαλλίς and γεράνιον' (Ps.-Dsc.), after the beak-like form of the fruit (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 54). Denom. ἀντι-πελαργ-έω `to show love in return (in the way of storks)' (Aristaenet., Iamb.; on the facts Thompson Birds s. πελαργός); ἀντιπελάργ-ωσις, -ησις, -ία (Com. Adesp. 939, 1570). -- On Πελαργικόν (τεῖχος) s. Πελασγοί.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Not certainly explained. Already by EM 659, 7 connected with the black\/white feathers and therefore by Kretschmer Glotta 3, 294 f. analysed as *πελαϜ-αργός; from ἀργός `white' and *πελαϜός `blackish' (to Lith. pal̃vas `sallow', πελιός etc.); improbable. The length of the α is mentioned by Phrynichos 88 (and at the same time rejected on the basis of a false etymology); cf. Schulze KZ 44, 353 f. = Kl. Schr. 268 f. -- Diff. Risch IF 59, 33: 1. member *πέλα- `skin' in ἐρυσί-πελας; not to be preferred.

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