ἄρκυς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(<b class="b3">ἅρκ-</b> <span class="title">Et.Gen.</span>, cf. Paus.Gr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>73), υος, ἡ: pl., nom. and acc., <b class="b3">ἄρκυες, -υας</b>, Att. acc. <b class="b3">ἄρκυς</b> (v. infr.):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">net, hunter's net</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1116</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>1000</span>: more freq. in pl., ἐξ ἀρκύων πέπτωκεν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eu.</span>147</span> (lyr.); ἀρκύων μολεῖν ἔσω <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>196</span>; <b class="b3">ἄρκυς ἱστάναι</b> to set [[nets]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>6.5</span>; <b class="b3">διωκόμενον τὸν λαγὼ εἰς τὰς ἄρκυς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">10</span>; πλεξάμενος ἄρκυς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span> 790</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἄρκυες ξίφους</b> [[the toils]], i. e. [[perils]], of the sword, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 1278</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">woman's hair-net</b>, Hsch.</span>

|etymtx=-υος<br />Grammatical information: f., mostly pl.<br />Meaning: [[net]] (A.)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἄρκυον</b> id. (EM, after <b class="b3">δίκτυον</b>), also <b class="b3">ἄρκυλον δίκτυον</b> H. -<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. Acc. to Lidén IF 18, 507f., as [[twined]], [[woven]] to <b class="b3">ἄρκευθος</b> and <b class="b3">ἀρκάνη</b> and the Slavic cognates for [[willow]]. Improbable, as one expects a deriv. suffix. Techn. term which may well be a substr. word; for the <b class="b2">u-</b>stem cf. <b class="b3">μίμαρκυς</b>, <b class="b3">ῥάπυς</b> \/ <b class="b3">ῥάφυς</b> etc.