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Quotation
Ἀκρίς, παρὰ τὸ κάρα, ὑπερβιβασμῷ τοῦ Α, ἄκρα καὶ ἀκρὶς, μείζων γὰρ τούτου τοῦ λοιποῦ μέρους.
Translation (En)
Akris "grasshopper", from kara "head" through metathesis of the [a], kara and akris. Because this part is bigger than the rest
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, alpha, p. 73 (Ἄκρις· βαρυτόνως τὸ ἀκρωτήριον, παρωνύμως παρὰ τὸ ἄκρα ἄκρις. ὀξυτόνως δὲ τὸ ζῶον, παρὰ τὸ τὰς ἄκρας τῶν ἀσταχύων νέμεσθαι, ἢ παρὰ τὸ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ἀσταχύων ἐσθίειν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ κάρα κάρις καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ τοῦ α ἀκρίς οἱονεὶ ... μεγάλην κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα); Etym. Gudianum Additamenta, alpha,, p. 73 (παρὰ τὸ ⸤κάρα⸥ ὑπερβι⸢βασμῷ τοῦ α ἄκρα ἀκρίς· μείζων γὰρ ἡ κεφαλὴ τούτου τοῦ λοιποῦ μέρους τοῦ σώματος⸣); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 1, 74 Van der Valk (ἐν οἷς καὶ τὸ κάρα καὶ ἄκρα ταὐτιζόμενα ἐν τῷ κατ’ ἄκρης· ἤδη δὲ καὶ τὸ καρίς ἀκρίς); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 52 (Ἀκρίς: Ὀξυτόνως τὸ ζῷον. Παρὰ τὸ κάρη καρίς· καὶ μετὰ τοῦ στερητικοῦ α, ἀκαρίς· καὶ συγκοπῇ ἀκρὶς, ἡ κάραν μὴ ἔχουσα, ἡ μικροκέφαλος. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ μεγάλην κεφαλὴν ἔχειν· διάφορα γὰρ τὰ γένη τῶν ζῴων. Ἢ παρὰ τὴν ἄκραν. Οἱ δὲ, παρὰ τὸ τὰς ἄκρας τῶν ἀσταχύων καὶ τῶν φυτῶν νέμεσθαι); Lexicon αἱμωδεῖν, alpha 99 (ἀκρ̣ί̣ς̣: παρὰ τὸ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ἀσταχύων ἐσθίειν· ἢ παρὰ τὸ κάρα καρίς καὶ ἐν ὑπερβιβασμῷ τοῦ α ἀκρίς, οἱονεὶ ἡ μεγάλην κεφαλὴν ἔχουσα)
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology assuming the grasshopper is the "Head". It relies on a formal characteristic of the animal, its large head