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1 ἐπικάρσιος
Grammatical information: adj.Meaning: `transverse, crosswise, at a right angle' (ι 70, of ships, Hdt., Plb. etc.).Etymology: Also ἐγκάρσιος (Th.), after ἐναντίος ? Secondary simplex κάρσιον πλάγιον H., - ίως Suid. - Ultimately to κείρειν, ἐπικείρειν `cut' but in detail unclear. Strömberg Prefix Studies 92 starts from a verbal adjective *ἐπίκαρτος, from which ἐπικάρσιος like ἀμβρόσιος from ἄμβροτος (s. also on διπλάσιος); an σ-enlargement as in κορσόν κορμόν H., ἀ-κερσε-κόμης (s. also κόρση) seems also a possibility. - The general resemblance with Lith. sker̃sas `transverse', OPr. kirscha `over', Russ. čerez `through, over' can be explained as parallel formation from the root ( s)ker-t- `cut'. - Not from *ἐπὶ καρσί, plur. of ἐπὶ κάρ (Π 392) `on its head' (Bechtel Lex. s. v.).Page in Frisk: 1,537Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ἐπικάρσιος
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(s)ker-4, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- — (s)ker 4, (s)kerǝ , (s)krē English meaning: to cut Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden” Material: I. A. O.Ind. ava , apa skara “Exkremente (Ausscheidung)”; kr̥ṇüti, kr̥ṇōti “verletzt, slays “ (lex.), utkīrṇ a “ausgeschnitten,… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary