δάρκα
From LSJ
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
a kind of κασσία, Dsc.1.13 (
A v.l. δάκαρ).
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ bot., un tipo de casia común Dsc.1.13.
Frisk Etymological English
(v. l. δάκαρ)
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: kind of κασία (Dsc. 1, 13).
Derivatives: δάρκανος = ἐρυθρόδανον (Ps.-Dsc. 3, 143); for the formation cf. ἄκανος, ῥάφανος etc. (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 144).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Unknown. The form δάρκανος might concirm the reading of the lemma. Pre-Greek?
