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κεράμβυξ

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: κεράμβυξ Medium diacritics: κεράμβυξ Low diacritics: κεράμβυξ Capitals: ΚΕΡΑΜΒΥΞ
Transliteration A: kerámbyx Transliteration B: kerambyx Transliteration C: keramvyks Beta Code: kera/mbuc

English (LSJ)

υκος, ὁ, longicorn beetle, cerambyx, which feeds on dead wood, Nic.Fr.39, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1419] υκος, ὁ, ein Käfer (κάραβος) mit langen Hörnern (κέρας), Feuerschröter, Hesych. Vgl. Ant. Lib. 22.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κεράμβυξ: -υκος, ὁ, εἶδος κανθάρου φέροντος κεραίας ἢ κέρατα καὶ τρεφομένου ἐκ ξηροῦ ξύλου, Νικ. παρ’ Ἀντ. Λιβερ. 22, Ἡσύχ. (πιθ. ἐκ τοῦ κάραβος, μετ’ ἀναφορᾶς πρὸς τὸ κέρας).

Greek Monolingual

ο (Α κεράμβυξ, -υκος)
γένος εντόμων που σύμφωνα με τη σημερινή ταξινόμηση ανήκει στην οικογένεια κεραμβυκίδες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κέρας με διπλό εκφραστικό επίθημα -(α)μβ-υξ < -(α)μβ-ος (πρβλ. σήραμβος, κόλυμβος) + -υξ (πρβλ. βόμβυξ, δοίδυξ)].

Frisk Etymological English

-υκος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: longicorn beetle, Hornschröter (Nic. Fr. 39, H.; on the meaning Goossens L'Ant. Class. 17, 263ff.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Cf. σήραμβος, κόλυμβος, κόρυμβος a. o. (Chantraine Formation 261), and βόμβυξ, ὄρτυξ etc. (ib. 383 and 397). Another formation is κεράμβηλον, glossed by H. a. o. with κάνθαρος; cf. πέτηλος, κίβδηλος a. o. - The form cannot be derived from κέρας horn. If they have prenasalization, as seems probable, it is a Pre-Greek word. We know that -ηλ(ο)- is a Pre-Greek suffix. Also the suffix -υκ- is Pre-Greek. Fur. (passim) compares κάραβος, καρά(μ)βιος and καραβίδες, as well as *σκαραβαῖος, all beetles; the form κερα- may have been adapted to κέρας. It is surprising that th etymology with κέρας is so long retained and that the Pre-Greek character has not been observed.

Frisk Etymology German

κεράμβυξ: -υκος
{kerámbuks}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Käferart mit langen Fühlhörnern, Hornschröter (Nik. Fr. 39, H.; zur Bed. Goossens L’Ant. Class. 17, 263ff.).
Etymology: Volkstümliche Bildung von κέρας durch Kombination eines labialen und eines gutturalen Elements; vgl. einerseits σήραμβος, κόλυμβος, κόρυμβος u. a. (Chantraine Formation 261), anderseits βόμβυξ, ὄρτυξ usw. (ebd. 383 und 397). Eine andere Bildung ist κεράμβηλον, von H. u. a. mit κάνθαρος glossiert; vgl. πέτηλος, κίβδηλος u. a. — Ältere Lit. bei Bq und WP. 1, 406.
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