βασσάριον

     βασσάριον

    τό ливийская лисица Her.

βασσάρ-ιον, τό, Dim. of

A

βασσάρα 1

, little fox, Hdt.4.192.

βασσάριον

little fox: neut nom /voc /acc pl

βασσαρίῳ, βασσάριον

little fox: neut dat sg

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `fox' (Sch. Lyk. 771), `dress of bacchante's' (EM, AB, H.) from the skin of a fox; `bacchante' (Sch. Lyk. 771, EM), `impudent woman' (Lyk., EM).

Derivatives: βασσάριον `fox' (Hdt. 4, 192; Libyan), βασσαρεύς name of Dionysos (Hor.), βάσσαρος = βάκχος (Orph.); denom. ἀνα-βασσαρέω `break forth in Bacchic frenzy' (Anacr.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.

Etymology: Herodotus calls the word Libyan. This seems confirmed by the etymology with Egypt. wasar, Copt. bašor (Szemerényi, Gnomon 43 (1971) 660, without reference). Szemerényi further wants to maintain the connection with Hitt. wassuwar `clothing' for the dress; rejected by Neumann, Weiterleben (1961) 19, I think rightly so. Fur. 257 n. 36 notes that βάσσος = βασσάρα (EM) and that - αρ(ος) is a frequent Pre-Gr. suffix.

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