ἀκαρί
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ἄκαρι (ákari)
Etymology[edit]
Uncertain; probably Pre-Greek. Compare κάρνος (kárnos, “louse”), κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”).[1] Sometimes connected to ἀκαρής (akarḗs).
Noun[edit]
ἀκαρί • (akarí) n (indeclinable)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀκαρί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
Further reading[edit]
- “ἀκαρί”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκαρί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “acarid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.