βάραξ
Δελφῖνα νήχεσθαι διδάσκεις: ἐπὶ τῶν ἐν ἐκείνοις τινὰ παιδοτριβούντων, ἐν οἷς ἤσκηται → Teaching dolphins to swim: is applied to those who are teaching something among people who are already well versed in it
English (LSJ)
ακος, ὁ, a kind of
A cake, Epil.3; cf. βήρηξ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βάραξ: ὁ, εἶδος ἄρτου ἢ πλακοῦντος, Ἐπίλυκ. ἐν «Κωρ.» 2, ἔνθα ἴδε Meineke.
Spanish (DGE)
v. βήρηξ.
Frisk Etymological English
-κος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of cake (Epil.).
Other forms: βήρηξ (Ath., H. also βήραξ; πάραξ (Test. Epict.). βάρακες τὰ προφυράματα τῆς μάζης Α᾽ττικοί δε βήρηκας δηλοῖ δε καὶ την τολύπην H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Foreign, Bechtel Dial. 2, 368). Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 197 suggests Illyrian and compares Lat. fermentum . Typically Pre-Gr. (βαρ-ακ-, β\/π). Cf. βάρηκες.
