- πλάταξ
- πλάταξ, -ακοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: alexandrian name of the fish κορακῖνος, `Sciaena nigra, brown meagre' (Ath. 7, 309 a).Derivatives: πλατάκιον n. `id.' (pap. II--IIIp).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: After Ath. "ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος", d.h. after the exceeding greatness, so from πλατύς, what may be possible (s. bel). Not with Strömberg Fischnamen 75 because of the sound it makes to πλαταγέω `clap', as this does not fit with the cracking sound of the κορακῖνος (on this Strömberg 70 f.). -- Besides πλατίστακος (-κός) m., after Dorio ap. Ath. 3, 118c the greatest kind of the fish called μύλλος; after Parmeno ibd. 7, 308 f. however synonymous with σαπερδης and with κορακῖνος; metaph. = τὸ γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον (H., Phot.). -- Seemingly from *πλάτιστος popularly enlarged (cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 31 f. with unconvincing analysis); not really convincing. -- The word will be Pre-Greek (-ακ- is the most frequent Pre-Greek suffix).Page in Frisk: 2,553
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.