κόμαρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>620</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.16.4</span>, also ὁ, <span class="bibl">Amphis 38</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr. 3.12</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[strawberry tree]], [[Arbutus unedo]], Ar. [[l.c.]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.129</span>,<span class="bibl">9.11</span>, Gal.12.34, <span class="bibl">Longus 2.16</span>.</span>

|etymtx=1.<br />Grammatical information: f. (m.)<br />Meaning: [[strawberry-tree]], [[Arbutus unedo]] (Com., Thphr., Theoc.).<br />Other forms: also [[κύμαρος]] ([[Η]].)<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κόμ(μ)αρι</b> n., also <b class="b3">-ρις</b> f., <b class="b3">-ρον</b> n. [[red paint from the root of the plant Comarum palustre]] (PHolm.); cf. Lagererantz ad loc. (p. 197f.). The <b class="b3">ι-</b>stem as in <b class="b3">κιννάβαρι(ς</b>) a. o.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Witt Strömberg Pflanzennamen 58 from [[κόμη]] [[crown of a tree]] with <b class="b3">αρο-</b>suffix (cf. [[κίσθαρος]] to [[κισθός]])? Older explanations in Bq and Lewy Fremdw. 27. On a supposed Mediterranean collective-suffix <b class="b3">-αρος</b> Bertoldi Mélanges v. Ginneken 157ff. - The variant <b class="b3">κυμ-</b> shows that it is a Pre-Greek word (Fur. 362).