βερκνίς
From LSJ
ἔστιν δέ που ἡ μὲν ἐπὶ σώμασι γυμναστική, ἡ δ' ἐπὶ ψυχῇ μουσική → I think I am right in saying that we have physical exercise for the body and the arts for the soul
Spanish (DGE)
ἀκρίς Hsch.
• Etimología: v. βροῦκος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m, f.?
Meaning: ἀκρίς H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Evidently cognate with βροῦκοςetc. Fur 129 n. 50 thinks it is a different word, but a suffix -n- (without preceding vowel) is typical for Pre-Greek (Beekes, Pre-Greek).
Frisk Etymology German
βερκνίς: {berknís}
Meaning: ἀκρίς H.
Etymology : Bildung wie ἀκρίς; zum. Stamm vgl. die Synonyme βρύκος, βρεῦκος, βροῦκος, -α, βροῦχος, βραῦκος, -α, βρόκος; dazu Strömberg Wortstudien 17 und unten s. βροῦκος. Unmögliche Analyse der "Wurzel" bei Specht Ursprung 168 u. ö.
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