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|elrutext='''πελεκάν:''' ᾶνος ὁ предполож. пеликан Arst.
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|etymtx=-ᾶνος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[pelican]] (Anaxandr. Com., Arist.).<br />Other forms: Cf. <b class="b3">πελεκανός</b> [[fulica]] Gloss.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πελεκᾶς</b>, <b class="b3">-ᾶντος</b> m. <b class="b2">green woodpecker</b> (Ar. Av.); <b class="b3">πελεκῖνος</b> m. [[pelican]] (Ar. Av., Dionys. Av.); more usu. as name of several plants, "axeweed", esp. <b class="b2">Securigera Coronilla</b> (Hp., Thphr., Dsc.) and architectural technical expression [[dovetail]] (Ph. Bel., Hero Bel.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Fron <b class="b3">πέλεκυς</b> because of the functional resp. outward similarity of the beak, the fruit (Strömberg Pfl.namen 56) etc. with an axe. On the formation: <b class="b3">πελεκ-ῖνος</b> like <b class="b3">κορακ-ῖνος</b>, <b class="b3">σταφυλ-ῖνος</b>, <b class="b3">ἀτταγ-ῖνος</b> a.o.; <b class="b3">πελεκᾶς</b> as <b class="b3">ἀλλᾶς</b>, <b class="b3">-ᾶντος</b> (cf. s.v. and Schwyzer 528), so from <b class="b3">*πελεκα-Ϝεντ-</b> (Björck Alpha impurum 271; but the formation will not be IE)? Rather with Kretschmer Glotta 14, 101 connected with <b class="b3">πελεκάω</b> like e.g. <b class="b3">Φείδας</b>: <b class="b3">φείδομαι</b>. With <b class="b3">πελεκάν</b> cf. esp. the peoples names in <b class="b3">-άν</b> (<b class="b3">Ἀκαρνάν</b> a.o.); on the not-Ion.-Att. form Björck 62 a. 288. - Furnée 320 sompares <b class="b3">σπέλεκτος πελεκάν</b> H.
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