κράμβος λάρος

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: = καπυρός, ξηρός, of sounds (Ar. Eq. 539, H., Suid.)

Derivatives: κραμβαλέος `dry, roasted' (Ath.; after αὑαλέος a.o.), κραμβαλίζουσιν καπυρίζουσι H.; with vowelassimilation κρομ-βόω `roast, bake' (Diph.). - κραμβότατον στόμα; H., Suid.); as subst. m. `blight in grapes, when they shrivel before they are ripe' (Thphr.; Strömberg Theophrastea 167). - Here also κράμβαλα μνημεῖα H. (of the urn with ashes), which is quite unclear to me. Further κράμβωτον ἰκτῖνος τὸ ζῳ̃ον H. (after the claws?; diff. Thompson s. v.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: The word has been compared with OHG (h)rimfan `wrinkel, curb, rūmpfen' as IE * kremb-, * kromb-. On the ending - βος and the α-vowel cf. a. o. σκαμβός, κλαμβός (s. v.). The accent is remarkable and may point to original substantiv. function. - Fur. 238 compares κραῦρος `dry, frail, fragile' (s.v.), without prenasalization and with u̯ for β (on which see Fur. 228 -242), which is convincing; note Frisk s.v. κραῦρος "ebenfalls mit bemerkenswerter Barytonese." Fur. 343 further adduces κόμβος [note the accent!] ὁ κόνδυλος. καὶ ὁ καπυρός; κρομβότατον καπυρώτατον. κατακεκονδυλωμένον H. Further perh. κράβυζος (s.v.). So without a doubt a Pre-Greek word. - Fur. 283 analyses κράμβωτον and connects κράμβος λάρος H.[`mew'] what I do not understand.

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Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `name of a shell-fish' (Epich. 42).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Prob. foreign word; on - υζος Schwyzer 472 w. n. 3, and see on κόνυζα. After Strömberg Fischnamen 121 for *κραβό-βυζος from κράβος ὁ λάρος H. and βῦζα ` eagle-owl' (Nic.); most improbable. Fur. 238, 283 connects κράμβος `dry', for which I see no reason.

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