- πώγων
- πώγων, -ωνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `whisker, chin-beard' (IA.).Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. τραγο-πώγων m. `with a goat's beard' (Cratin.), also as plantname `goat's beard, Tragopogon' (Thphr., Dsc.; Strömberg 56).Derivatives: Dimin. πωγών-ιον n. (Luc. a.o.), -ίας m. `the bearded one' (Cratin. a.o.), also n. of a comet (Arist.; Scherer Gestirnnamen 107), -ίτης, -ιήτης m. `id.' (Hdn., Suid. a.o.), -ικός, -ιαῖος `bearded' (Gloss.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained. Against connection with πήγνυμι, πηγός (Fick 1, 471, Prellwitz asking) speaks the ō-vowel; also there is no convincing factual argumentation. Untenable Reichelt BB 26, 225 (s. Bq and WP. 1,587); not better Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 174: prop. *'cheek', to *peu-, pū-, pō[u]- `blow (up)'. -- Is the word Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 2,632-633
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.