- σπατάγγης
- σπατάγγης, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `kind of sea urchin' (Sophr. 102, Ar. Fr. 409, Arist.);Other forms: πάταγγας acc. pl. `id.' (Poll.). Note also φατάγγης `animal with scales (Schuppentier)' (Ael.) (Furnée 111 n. 58, 164, 281; not in LSJ).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Unexplained foreign word. (Hardly to σπάω `suck' (cf. on σπατάλη)? -- From this σπαταγγίζειν ταράσσειν H. - The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek,Page in Frisk: 2,759
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.