ἁλικάκκαβος
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
Spanish (DGE)
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• Grafía: graf. -κακα- Anecd.Plant.10.148, 156
bot. alquequenje, Ps.Dsc.4.72, Ps.Apul.Herb.75.16, Anecd.Plant.ll.cc., tb. ἁλικάκκαβον q.u.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: plant name, Physalis Alkekengi (Dsc., BGU 1 120, 37),
Other forms: -κάκαβος?, -κάκαβον? Cf. ἁλικάκκαβα. ὁ τοῦ λωτοῦ καρπός. καὶ πόας εἶδος H.
Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]
Etymology: Plant of which the fruit resembles a κάκκαβος; ἁλι- salt, i.e. salt-cellar ? Amigues, J. Savants 1984, 151-154.
Frisk Etymology German
ἁλικάκκαβος: {halikákkabos}
Meaning: Pflanzenname, Physalis Alkekengi (Dsk., BGU 1 120, 37),
Etymology : in ἁλικάκκαβος zu zerlegen; vgl. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 114.
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