βάραξ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ακος, ὁ, a kind of
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βάραξ: ὁ, εἶδος ἄρτου ἢ πλακοῦντος, Ἐπίλυκ. ἐν «Κωρ.» 2, ἔνθα ἴδε Meineke.
Spanish (DGE)
v. βήρηξ.
Frisk Etymological English
-κος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a kind of cake (Epil.).
Other forms: βήρηξ (Ath., H. also βήραξ; πάραξ (Test. Epict.). βάρακες τὰ προφυράματα τῆς μάζης Α᾽ττικοί δε βήρηκας δηλοῖ δε καὶ την τολύπην H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Foreign, Bechtel Dial. 2, 368). Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 197 suggests Illyrian and compares Lat. fermentum . Typically Pre-Gr. (βαρ-ακ-, β\/π). Cf. βάρηκες.
Frisk Etymology German
βάραξ: -κος (Epil.),
{báraks}
Forms: βήρηξ (Ath. usw.), H. auch βήραξ; πάραξ (Test. Epict.)
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Bezeichnung eines Gebäcks.
Etymology : "Der schwankende Anlaut läßt auf fremden Ursprung schließen" (Bechtel Dial. 2, 368). Nach Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 197 wahrscheinlich illyrisch und mit lat. fermentum Gärung, Sauerteig, nhd. Brot verwandt. Vgl. βάρηκες.
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