ἀφάρκη
Ἴση λεαίνης καὶ γυναικὸς ὠμότης → Feritas leaenae quanta, tanta et feminae → Der Löwin Wildheit ist die selbe wie der Frau
English (LSJ)
ἡ, an evergreen tree,
A hybrid arbutus, Arbutus hybrida, Thphr.HP1.9.3, 3.3.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 407] ἡ, ein immergrüner Baum. Theophr., philyrea angustifolia, Linn.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφάρκη: ἡ, δένδρον τι ἀειθαλές, ἴσως τὸ κοινῶς λεγόμενον «λυγιστικόν», Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φυτ. 1. 9, 3.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
• Alolema(s): lat. apharce Plin.HN 13.121
bot. madroño híbrido, Arbutus andrachnoides Link, Thphr.HP 1.9.3, 3.3.1, 4.2, 4, Plin.l.c.
• Etimología: Etim. dud. Se ha supuesto un comp. de ἀπό y ἄρκυς ‘red’ c. el significado de ‘planta que atrapa como una red’.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: name of an evergreen tree, Arbutus hybrida (Thphr.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Improbable theory by Strömberg Wortstudien 27ff. (to ἄρκυς with ἀπο-), s. Frisk. Unclear ἀφαρκίδευτον ἀγρευτόν, ἀθυσίαστον H. s. Chantr. Fur. 175 refers to Schwyzer 530, who compares Thess. Φαρκαδών, which would give a prothetic vowel; a substr. word is anyhow probable.
