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|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: name of a fish in Thracian sea Prasias (Hdt. 5, 16).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Two uncertain hypotheses: to <b class="b3">πέρκη</b> [[perch]], <b class="b3">περκνός</b> [[spotted]], <b class="b3">πρακνόν μέλανα</b> H. (Fick BB 29, 235 a.o.); onomatop. after the supposed sound, cf. <b class="b3">βαβράζειν</b> [[chirp]] (Strömberg Fischnamen 75 f.). - The word maybe Pre-Greek (<b class="b3">-ακ-</b>). Cf. the onomat. <b class="b3">παππάξ</b>, <b class="b3">βαβ(ρ)άζω</b>.
|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: ?<br />Meaning: name of a fish in Thracian sea Prasias (Hdt. 5, 16).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Two uncertain hypotheses: to <b class="b3">πέρκη</b> [[perch]], <b class="b3">περκνός</b> [[spotted]], <b class="b3">πρακνόν μέλανα</b> H. (Fick BB 29, 235 a.o.); onomatop. after the supposed sound, cf. <b class="b3">βαβράζειν</b> [[chirp]] (Strömberg Fischnamen 75 f.). - The word maybe Pre-Greek (<b class="b3">-ακ-</b>). Cf. the onomat. <b class="b3">παππάξ</b>, <b class="b3">βαβ(ρ)άζω</b>.
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|mdlsjtxt=[[πάπραξ]], ακος,<br />a Thracian [[lake]]-[[fish]], Hdt.
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