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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">cedar-tree</b> (ε 60).<br />Compounds: Few compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κεδρ-έλαιον</b> <b class="b2">cedar-oil</b> (Aët.), <b class="b3">ὀξύ-κεδρος</b> f. <b class="b2">prickly cedar</b> (Thphr.; cf. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 35). -<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεδρίς</b> f. <b class="b2">juniper-berry</b> (Hp., Ar.); <b class="b3">κέδρον</b> n. <b class="b2">id.</b> (inscr., EM, H.); <b class="b3">κεδρία</b> <b class="b2">cedar-oil</b> (Hdt., D. S.), also <b class="b3">κεδρέα</b> (pap., medic.; after <b class="b3">μηλέα</b>, <b class="b3">συκέα</b> etc.). <b class="b3">κεδρίτης</b> (<b class="b3">οἶνος</b>) <b class="b2">wine with juniper-aroma</b> (cf. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 97 m. n. 6). <b class="b3">κέδρινος</b> <b class="b2">of cedar-wood</b> (Hp., E., Arist.), also <b class="b3">κεδρίνεος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nic.; metr. reshaping), <b class="b3">κεδρωτός</b> <b class="b2">made of cedar-wood</b> (E. in lyr.), <b class="b3">Κεδρεᾶτις</b>, <b class="b3">-ιδος</b> f. name of Artemis in Orchomenos in Arcadia (Paus. 8, 13, 2; after <b class="b3">Τεγεᾶτις</b> a. o.). <b class="b3">κέδρωστις</b>, <b class="b3">-εως</b> f. [[bryony]] (Dsc. 4, 182; after <b class="b3">ἄγρωστις</b>, s. v.). Denominative verb <b class="b3">κεδρόω</b> <b class="b2">lay in cedar-resin, embalm</b> (Posidon., Str.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The similarity with the Baltic names of the juniper, e. g. Lith. <b class="b2">kadagỹs</b> (Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 2, 612, Lidén IF 18, 491), is limited to the first syllable (IE interpretation by H. Petersson Heteroklisie 104f., Specht Ursprung 147); the further connection with Russ. [[čad]] [[vapour]], OCS [[kaditi]] [[smoke]] (IE. <b class="b2">*kēd-</b> : <b class="b2">*kōd-</b>; Schrader-Nehring l. c.) is also quite hypothetical. Endzelin in Mühlenbach-E.: to Latv. <b class="b2">cedrin̥š</b> [[heath]]. Lat. LW [loanword] [[cedrus]]. - Acc. to Fohalle Mélanges Vendryes 157ff. a Mediterranean word for [[cedar]], Lat. [[citrus]] <b class="b2">Thuia articulata</b> and Gr. <b class="b3">κέδρος</b> would have been adapted to each other (?). - Further Schrader-Nehring l. c., Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. <b class="b2">kadagỹs</b>, W.-Hofmann s. [[cedrus]] und [[citrus]], Pok. 537. S. also <b class="b3">κίτρον</b>, <b class="b3">-κίτριον</b>.

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