- σῶκος
- σῶκοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: surn. of Hermes (Υ 72); Σῶκος m. PN (A 427ff.).Derivatives: Besides σωκέω `to be strong, to have power' (A. Eu. 36, S. El. 119 [anap.]); so σῶκος `strong, powerful'.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. After Bechtel Lex. s. v. from *Σάοκος as short form of *Σαο-κράτης (\> Σω-κράτης; cf. Cypr. ΣαϜο-κλεϜης); the appellative would have arisen from the PN. Diff. hypotheses in Bq and WP. 1, 747 (w. lit.), Pok. 1098: to σηκός or as IE *tu̯ō-ko-s cognate with σῴζω (thus also Fraenkel Lexis 3, 66 ff.; rejecting v. Wilamowitz Glaube 1, 163; cf. also Orgogozo Rev. de l'hist. des religions 136, 150); the k-suffix also in Lith. tùk-ti `besome fat', taukaĩ pl. `fatt, grease, marrow' after Fraenkel l.c., Wb. s. vv.Page in Frisk: ̀2,841-842
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.