- Θαργήλια
- ΘαργήλιαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: Ion.-Attic feast before the harvest, connected with the cult of Apollon (Hippon., Archil.), also Ταργήλια (Miletus).Derivatives: Θαργηλιών (Ταργ-) month name (IA), Θαργήλιος (Ταργ-) PN (Ion.). - Beside it θάργηλος, acc. to Crates ap. Ath. 3, 114a name of a bread, which was otherwise called θαλύσιος (ἄρτος) (s. θαλύσια), also name of a pot (pan) (χύτρα) with cooked fruits, which was considered as symbol of fertility (Suid., H., EM 443, 19).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No etymology, probably Pre-Greek; this is demonstrated by the forms with Τ-. - Acc. to Kretschmer Glotta 10, 108ff. (s. also Glotta 20, 252f. against E. Maaß RhM 78, 13ff.) from *τὰ ἀργήλια (from ἄρχω) "first fruits" (see Schwyzer 413); diff. again Grošelj Živa Ant. 4, 170f. - On the Thargelia Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 534.Page in Frisk: 1,654
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.