κανθαρίας

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `kind of (dung-)beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius', also metaph. of a drinking cup, a kanoo, a fish (Strömberg Fischnamen 123f.), a woman's ornament (IA.)

Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in ἡλιο-, κυκνο-κάνθαρος (Com.)

Derivatives: κανθάριον name of a beaker (Att. inscr., Plu.); κανθαρίς a beetle, also name of a fish and a plant (Hp., Arist.); κανθάρεως name of a vine (Thphr.; - εως as in ἐρινεώς; s. on ἐρινεός), κανθαρίτης οἶνος (Plin.), both of the Κανθάριος ἄκρα on Samos (Str.), (also called Ἄμπελος, Redard Les noms grecs en - της 97); κανθαρίας name of a precious stone (Plin.); κανθαρώδης `κ.-like' (sch.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]; LW [loanword] Sem.

Etymology: Not well explained. By Strömberg Wortstudien 10f. connected with the name of the ass, κάνθων, κανθήλιος (hardly probable) with the suffix as in χίμαρος, κίσσαρος a. o. (Chantraine Formation 226f.). - On the plant name κανθαρίς, ἀντικάνθαρον s. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 140. Chantr. pointed out that there are anthroponymes Bechtel, H. Personennamen 582 and 589, as well as place names, as Κάνθαρος, a port of Piraeus, and concludes that it can be a term from Pre-Greek, with which I agree. - As there is an Acc. word kanda\/uru- `cup', in this meaning it will be a loan, Szemerényi, Gnomon 43 (1971) 672,

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