κέρας
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
κείρασθαι
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
keirō
English translation (word)
to cut, to shave
Transliteration (Etymon)
keras
English translation (etymon)
horn
Century
1-2 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
De sollertia animalism 976f6-7
Ed.
C. Hubert, Plutarchi moralia, vol. 6.1, Leipzig: Teubner, 1954 (repr. 1959)
Quotation
‘κέρας’ γὰρ τὴν τρίχα λέγεσθαι καὶ τὸ κείρασθαι διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὴν κουράν·
Translation (En)
Because they call the hair keras, and from it come keirasthai "to cut one's hair" and koura "cutting of the hair"
Parallels
There is no direct parallel
Modern etymology
Κείρω belongs to an inherited root *(s)ker- "to cut", with cognates in Arm. k͑erem "to shave", OHG sceran "to shave", Ved. kr̥ntáti "to separate" (Beekes, EDG)
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology, reversible (see κέρας / κείρω). From the formal point of view it is likely that the starting point is the future κερῶ, which provides the sequence [ker], rather than the present κείρω. It was customary for Greek grammarians to start from the future (especially in Philoxenus' theory)