καρόω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
καρύαν
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
karua
English translation (word)
walnut-tree
Transliteration (Etymon)
karoō
English translation (etymon)
to plunge into torpor
Century
1-2 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Quaestiones convivales 647b
Ed.
G.N. Bernardakis, Plutarch. Moralia. Leipzig, Teubner, 1889 (2)
Translation (En)
Parallels
Clement of Alexandria, Paedagogus 2.8.71.3 (Ὁ γοῦν κιττὸς ἐμψύχει, ἡ δὲ καρύα πνεῦμα ἀφίησιν καρωτικόν, ὡς ἐμφαίνει καὶ τοὔνομα ἐτυμολογούμενον); Scholia in Clementem Alexandrinum, Scholia in Protrepticum et Paedagogum, p. 330 (ἡ καρύα καρωτική, ὡς καὶ τὸ ὄνομα δηλοῖ).
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has the name, in the form of the derivative καρυδιά
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Paronomastic etymology relying on the identity of the initial sequence [kar]. This leads to granting the tree a virtue that does not rely on observation but only on the alleged etymology.