δάρκα
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
English (LSJ)
a kind of κασσία, Dsc.1.13 (v.l. δάκαρ).
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ bot., un tipo de casia común Dsc.1.13.
Frisk Etymological English
(v.l. δάκαρ)
Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: kind of κασία (Dsc. 1, 13).
Derivatives: δάρκανος = ἐρυθρόδανον (Ps.-Dsc. 3, 143); for the formation cf. ἄκανος, ῥάφανος etc. (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 144).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Unknown. The form δάρκανος might concirm the reading of the lemma. Pre-Greek?
Frisk Etymology German
δάρκα: (v.l. δάκαρ)
{dárka}
Meaning: Art κασία (Dsk. 1, 13).
Derivative: Daneben δάρκανος = ἐρυθρόδανον (Ps.-Dsk. 3, 143); zur Bildung vgl. ἄκανος, ῥάφανος usw. (Strömberg Pflanzennamen 144).
Etymology: Unerklärte Fremdwörter.
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