πελεκ-ῖνος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `pelican' (Anaxandr. Com., Arist.).

Other forms: Cf. πελεκανός `fulica' Gloss.

Derivatives: πελεκᾶς, - ᾶντος m. `green woodpecker' (Ar. Av.); πελεκῖνος m. `pelican' (Ar. Av., Dionys. Av.); more usu. as name of several plants, "axeweed", esp. `Securigera Coronilla' (Hp., Thphr., Dsc.) and architectural technical expression `dovetail' (Ph. Bel., Hero Bel.).

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

Etymology: Fron πέλεκυς because of the functional resp. outward similarity of the beak, the fruit (Strömberg Pfl.namen 56) etc. with an axe. On the formation: πελεκ-ῖνος like κορακ-ῖνος, σταφυλ-ῖνος, ἀτταγ-ῖνος a.o.; πελεκᾶς as ἀλλᾶς, - ᾶντος (cf. s.v. and Schwyzer 528), so from *πελεκᾰ-Ϝεντ- (Björck Alpha impurum 271; but the formation will not be IE)? Rather with Kretschmer Glotta 14, 101 connected with πελεκάω like e.g. Φείδας: φείδομαι. With πελεκάν cf. esp. the peoples names in - άν ( Άκαρνάν a.o.); on the not-Ion.-Att. form Björck 62 a. 288. - Furnée 320 sompares σπέλεκτος πελεκάν H.

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