ἐριθάκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐριθάκη • (erithákē) f (genitive ἐριθάκης); first declension

  1. bee bread, sandarac (bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, stored in brood cells)
    Synonyms: κήρῐνθος (kḗrinthos), σᾰνδᾰρᾰ́κη (sandarákē)
  2. soft parts of crustaceans, entrails of pigs
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

Descendants

  • Latin: erithacē

Further reading

  • ἐριθάκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐριθάκη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 457
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