ἴκταρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἰκτάρα (iktára)

Etymology

According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek.[1][2] The suffix -αρ can also be seen in κύδαρ (kúdar), σκίναρ (skínar), and σῦφαρ (sûphar).

Noun

ἴκταρ • (íktar) m

  1. a small, worthless fish

Inflection

No inflected forms are attested.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2014) Pre-Greek: Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon‎
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