ἀρκέω
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
ἄρκτος
Transliteration (Word)
arktos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
arkeō
Century
?
Source
Etym. Genuinum
Ref.
Etym. Genuinum, alpha 1194
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 1, Rome: Ateneo, 1976
Quotation
Ἄρκτος· τὸ ζῷον· εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ ἀρκῶ, ὅπερ καὶ ἐπαρκῶ λέγεται, ἄρκος, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ τ ἄρκτος, τὸ ἐπαρκοῦν ἑαυτῷ ζῷον. φασὶ <γὰρ> αὐτὸ διαζῆν τὸν χειμῶνα ἐκτὸς ἐπεισάκτου τροφῆς. οὕτως Κρατῖνος ἐν τῇ Ἐπιτομῇ τῶν Βασιλείδου Περὶ Ὁμηρικῆς λέξεως