ἐλασᾶς
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
ὁ, an unknown
A bird, Ar.Av.886.
German (Pape)
[Seite 789] ᾶντος, ὁ, erdichteter Vogelname, Ar. Av. 886.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλασᾶς: ὁ, ἄγνωστόν τι πτηνόν, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 886.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ᾶ (ὁ) :
sorte d’oiseau inconnu, Ar. Av. 886.
Étymologie: DELG ἐλαύνω « le chasseur » (créé par Ar. plutôt qu’appartenant à la langue).
Spanish (DGE)
-ᾶ, ὁ
orn., quizá cerceta Ar.Au.886.
• Etimología: De origen pregriego.
Greek Monolingual
ἐλασᾱς, ο (Α)
όνομα άγνωστου πουλιού («ἐλασᾷ και ἐρωδιῷ και καταρράκτῃ», Αριστοφ.).
Greek Monotonic
ἐλασᾶς: ὁ, άγνωστο πτηνό, σε Αριστοφ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐλᾰσᾶς: ᾶ ὁ эласас (неизвестный нам вид птицы) Arph.
Frisk Etymological English
-ᾶ
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: "hunter(?)", name of an unknown bird (Ar. Av. 886).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Formation in -ᾶς, to ἐλάσαι(?) like τρεσᾶς, χεσᾶς (Petersen Class. Phil. 32, 129); hardly to *ἔλα-σος (Solmsen Wortforsch. 245, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 15f., Schwyzer 461). Cf. also ἐλέα, ἐλεᾶς. Poss. Pre-Greek. - DELG thinks that the word was coined by Aristophanes.
