- ἄρακος
- ἄρακοςGrammatical information: m., also n.Meaning: wild chickling, `Lathyrus annuus' (Ar.). Cf. ἄρακοι· ὄσπριόν τι, τὸ δε αὐτὸ καὶ λάθυρονOther forms: Also cons. stem ἄραξ m. (Pap.). ἄραχος (Gal.).Dialectal forms: Myc. PN arako?Derivatives: Demin. ἀρακίς, ἀρακίσκος (Gal.). ἀράχιδνα (Thphr.); ἀραχνοῦς. εἶδος ὀσπρίου H.; ἀράχνη a plant, `Heracleum sphondylium' (Ps.-Dsc. 3, 76).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No etymology. Acc. to Gehring Glotta 14, 1 Anatolian. The suffixes -ν- and -ιδνα- clearly prove a substratum word; Fur. 127f. Not here Lat. arinca `kind of spelt'.Page in Frisk: 1,128
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.