μαρτιχόρας

English (LSJ)

ὁ, man-eater, i.e. tiger, described with fabulous attributes by Ctes. ap. Arist.HA501a26 (v.l. μαρτιοχώρας, μαντιχώρας), cf. Ctes.Fr.57.7, Id. ap. Paus.9.21.4 (μαρτιόρα codd.), et ap.Ael. NA4.21. (Cf. Opers. martiya- 'man', Avest. khwar- 'eat', Mod. Pers. mard-khwār 'man-eater'.)

Wikipedia EN

Martigora engraving

The manticore or mantichore (Latin: mantichora; reconstructed Old Persian: *martyahvārah; Modern Persian: مردخوار mard-khar) is a legendary creature from ancient Persian mythology, similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in Western European medieval art as well. It has the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the tail of a scorpion or a tail covered in venomous spines similar to porcupine quills. There are some accounts that the spines can be launched like arrows. It eats its victims whole, using its three rows of teeth, and leaves no bones behind.

The term "manticore" descends via Latin mantichora from Ancient Greek μαρτιχόρας (martikhórās) This in turn is a transliteration of an Old Persian compound word consisting of martīya 'man' and xuar- stem, 'to eat' (Mod. Persian: مرد; mard + خوردن; khordan); i.e., man-eater.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ου (ὁ) :
tigre, animal.
Étymologie: DELG emprunt à l'iranien : v-perse martiya « homme », avest. xar « dévorer », pers. mardon-xar « mangeur d'hommes ».

German (Pape)

Ctesias und Arist. H.A. 2.1 p. 501.26, Bekker im acc. μαρτιχόραν, mit der v.l. μαντιχώρας, μαρτιχώρας.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

μαρτιχόρας: или μαντιχώρας, ου ὁ (перс. «людоед») мартихор (упоминаемое Ктесием чудовище в Индии) Arst.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μαρτιχόρας: ὁ, τὸ Περσικὸν mard-khora, ὁ ἀνθρωποφάγος, μυθῶδες ζῷον μνημονευόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ Κτησίου, καὶ ὡς φαίνεται σύνθετον ἐκ λέοντος, ὕστριχος καὶ σκορπίου μετ’ ἀνθρωπίνης κεφαλῆς, Κτησ. ἐν Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 1, 53· ἴδε Η. Η. Wilson on Ctesias σ. 39. Παρ’ Ἀριστ., ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., ὑπάρχει διάφ. γραφ. μαντιχώρας, καὶ ὁ Calpurn. Ecl. 7. 59 ἔχει manticŏra.

Greek Monolingual

μαρτιχόρας και μαρτιοχώρας και μαντιχώρας, ὁ (Α)
μυθικό τετράποδο ζώο τών Ινδιών, το οποίο είχε κεφάλι ζώου και σώμα ανθρώπου.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Πρόκειται για δάνειο από την Ιρανική, πρβλ. αρχ. περσ. martiya- «άνθρωπος», αβεστ. x^var- «καταβροχθίζω», περσ. mardom-xār «ανθρωποφάγος»].

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: acc. to Ktesias (apud Arist., Paus.) Indian name of a mythical animal, acc. to Paus. 9, 21, 4 (with μαρτιόρα) the tigre, = ἀνδροφάγος.
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Iran.
Etymology: From Iranian; to OP martiya- m. man and Av. xvar- consume, NP mardom-xār man-eater. On the notation cf. Schulze Kl. Schr. 272 n. 1.

Frisk Etymology German

μαρτιχόρας: {martikhóras}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: nach Ktes. (bei Arist., Paus. u. a.) indische Ben. eines fabelhaften Tieres, nach Paus. 9, 21, 4 (wo μαρτιόρα) der Tiger, = ἀνδροφάγος.
Etymology: Aus dem Iranischen; zu apers. martiya- m. Mensch und aw. x^var- verzehren, np. mard-x^vār Menschenfresser. Zur Schreibung vgl. Schulze Kl. Schr. 272 A. 1.
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Translations

manticore

Danish: manticore; Dutch: mantichora; Finnish: manticora, mantikori; French: manticore; German: Mantikor; Ancient Greek: μαντιχώρας, μαρτιχόρας; Italian: manticora; Japanese: マンティコア; Korean: 만티코어; Latin: mantichora, mantichoras; Marathi: मॅन्टिकोर; Norwegian: manticora; Persian: مردخوار sg; Polish: mantykora; Portuguese: manticora, mantícora; Russian: мантикора; Spanish: mantícora; Swedish: mantikora; Tagalog: mantikora

man-eater

Azerbaijani: adamyeyən; Belarusian: людаед, людажэрца; Bulgarian: людоед; Chickasaw: hattak-apa'; Czech: lidožrout; Danish: menneskeæder; German: Menschenfresser; Hungarian: emberevő; Icelandic: mannæta; Maori: mangō-taniwha; Persian: آدمخوار; Polish: ludojad; Russian: людоед; Slovak: ľudožrút; Swedish: människoätare; Turkish: insan yiyici; Ukrainian: людої́д, людожер