ἀχαρνώς
ἧς ἂν ἐπ' ἐλάχιστον ἀρετῆς πέρι ἢ ψόγου ἐν τοῖς ἄρσεσι κλέος ᾖ → of whom there is least talk either for praise or blame, of whom there is least notoriety among the men either for praise or blame
English (LSJ)
ώ, ὁ, A = ὀρφώς, a sea-fish, prob. bass, Callias Com.3: ἄχαρνος in Ath.3.286b: ἀχάρνας Arist.HA602a12; gen. ἀχάρνου ib. 591b1:—also ἀχάρνα and ἄχερλα, names of fish in Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀχαρνώς: -ώ, ὁ, εἶδος θαλασσίου ἰχθύος = ὀρφώς· «ἀχαρνὼς καὶ ὀρφὼς ὁ αὐτός. Καλλίας Κύκλωψιν» Α. Β. 474· ἄχαρνος παρ’ Ἀθην. 286Β· ἀχάρνας Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 8. 19, 7· γεν. ἀχάρνου αὐτόθι 2. 27· ― ὡσαύτως ἀχάρνα καὶ ἀχέρλα, ὀνόματα ἰχθύων παρ’ Ἡσυχ.
Frisk Etymological English
-ώ
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: sea- fish = ὀρφώς, perhaps bass. (Callias Com. 3)
Other forms: also ἄχαρνος; ἀχάρνας w. gen. ἀχάρνου Arist. fr. 566. Comparable forms: ἀχάρνα· εῖδος ἰχθύος H., ἀχέρνα (?, cod. -λα)· ἰχθὺς ποιός H.; ἀκαρνάν (Ath.), ἀκάρναξ λάβραξ (bass) H. -
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Both the group -ρν-, the variation χ\/κ and the ending -ω(ς) prove Pre-Greek origin. - Cf. Thompson Fishes 6f.
Frisk Etymology German
ἀχαρνώς: -ώ
{akharnṓs}
Forms: auch ἄχαρνος, ἀχάρνας (Kallias Kom., Ath., Arist.) Andere, ähnliche Formen: ἀχάρνα, ἀχέρνα (cod. -λα) H.; ἀκαρνάν (Ath.), ἀκάρναξ· λάβραξ H.
Grammar: m.,
Meaning: Fischname = ὀρφώς, viell. Barsch.
Etymology : Zum ρν-Element, wohl fremd, Chantraine Formation 208f., Schwyzer 491. Sonst unklar. — Zur Sache Thompson Fishes 6f.
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