σκολόπαξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰκος, ὁ, prob. = [[ἀσκαλώπας]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>614a33</span>, prob. cj. for [[σπάλακα]] in <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sign.</span>49</span>. [<b class="b2">scolōpax</b> in Nemesian.<span class="title">Aucup.</span>21.]

|etymtx=-ακος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[name of a bird]], which is usually identified wit [[ἀσκαλώπας]] (<b class="b3">-πᾶς</b>?) m. (Arist.) and explained as [[woodcock]], [[Scolopax rusticola]]; cf. Thompson Birds s. vv.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: To [[σκόλοψ]] [[pole]] (referring to the long beak of the snipe), either as cognate with it or folk-etymolog. adapted to it. With the anlaut and auslaut cf. e.g. [[ἀσπάλαξ]] beside [[σπάλαξ]] (Chantraine Form. 378); [[ἀσκαλώπας]] (<b class="b3">-πᾶς</b>?) like [[κελαινώπας]] (S. in lyr.), [[βύας]], [[ἀτταγᾶς]]; the stemvowel after [[σκάλλω]]. -- Furnée 344 identifies the word with <b class="b3">ἀσκαλωπ-</b> and concludes that it was Pre-Greek. Anyhow the word looks Pre-Greek.