κέρκα
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
English (LSJ)
ἀκρίς, Hsch. κέρκαξ· ἱέραξ, Id. κερκάς, άδος, ἡ, A = κρέξ, Id. κέρκαφα· ἐγγύη, Id.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1424] nach Hesych. = ἀκρίς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κέρκα: ἡ· «ἀκρὶς» Ἡσύχ.
Greek Monolingual
κέρκα, ἡ (Α) κέρκος
(κατά τον Ησύχ.) «ἀκρίς».
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: ἀκρίς; κέρκνος ἱέραξ η ἀλεκτρυών H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Fur. 127 compares κερ-κ- with α-κρ-ιδ-, comparing for the morphology γελ-γ-ιθ- beside α-γλ-ιθ-; at least doubtful. Hardly to κέρκος tail, as Frisk has. The word will be Pre-Greek.
See also: - S. κέρκος.
Frisk Etymology German
κέρκα: {kérka}
Meaning: ἀκρίς; κέρκαξ· ἱέραξ; κέρκνος· ἱέραξ ἢ ἀλεκτρυών H.
See also: — S. κέρκος.
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