κρίτανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unknown. Only attested as a gloss in Hesychius. Cognate with Mycenaean Greek 𐀑𐀲𐀜 (ki-ta-no).
This word is glossed with τέρμινθος (términthos), which is usually interpreted as meaning 'terebinth', a kind of tree, but this identification may be questioned. Hescyhius himself states of τέρμινθος that it is a 'plant resembling flax, from which the Athenians weave their nets'. This equation with 'flax' would yield potentional Semitic cognates for κρίτανος, like Classical Syriac ܟܬܢܐ (kettānā) and Akkadian 𒃰 (kitûm, “flax”).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ta.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ta.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkri.ta.nos/
Noun
κρίτανος • (krítanos) ? (indeclinable)
- (hapax) terebinth
- Synonym: τέρμινθος (términthos)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:
- κρίτανος· τέρμινθος
- krítanos; términthos
- krítanos: terebinth
Further reading
- “κρίτανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ
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