γαυνάκης
τὸ δὲ ποιεῖν ἄνευ νοῦ ἃ δοκεῖ καὶ σὺ ὁμολογεῖς κακὸν εἶναι: ἢ οὔ → but doing what one thinks fit without intelligence is—as you yourself admit, do you not?—an evil
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γαυνάκης: -ου, ὁ, = καυνάκης, Κλήμ. Ἀλ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
c. καυνάκης.
Spanish (DGE)
v. καυνάκης.
Greek Monolingual
γαυνάκης, ο (Α)
ο καυνάκης, ένδυμα από χοντρό ύφασμα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πρόκειται για δάνεια λέξη, πιθανώς από το περσικό gαunαkα «τριχωτός» (πρβλ. αβεστ. gαοnα «μαλλιά, χρώμα μαλλιών», ακκαδ. gunαkku «είδος πανωφοριού»)].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a thick cloak (Persian, Babylonian?) (pap., Peripl. M. Rubr., Clem. Al.),
Other forms: also καυνάκης (Ar.) and καυνάκη f. (pap.)
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Pers.
Etymology: Persian LW [loanword], from *gauna-ka- hairy to Av. gaona- hair; other Iran. forms Morgenstierne Pashto 25. From Iranian also Assyr. gunakku, an article of dress. From γαυνάκης Lat. gaunaca (sinceVarro). - See Schwyzer ZII 6, 234ff. Fur. 119 rather assumes a vorderasiatisches Wanderwort.
