πλατάκιον

πλατάκιον,

A v. πλάταξ.

πλάταξ [pron. full] [ᾰ], ακος, ὁ, Alexandr. name of

A the fish κορακῖνος, Ath.7.309a:—[var] Dim. [full] πλᾰτάκιον [pron. full] [τᾰ], τό, POxy.920.3, al. (ii/iii A.D.).

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: alexandrian name of the fish κορακῖνος, `Sciaena nigra, brown meagre' (Ath. 7, 309 a).

Derivatives: πλατάκιον n. `id.' (pap. II--III^p).

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

Etymology: After Ath. " ἀπὸ τοῦ περιέχοντος", d.h. after the exceeding greatness, so from πλατύς, what may be possible (s. bel). Not with Strömberg Fischnamen 75 because of the sound it makes to πλαταγέω `clap', as this does not fit with the cracking sound of the κορακῖνος (on this Strömberg 70 f.). -- Besides πλατίστακος (- κός) m., after Dorio ap. Ath. 3, 118c the greatest kind of the fish called μύλλος; after Parmeno ibd. 7, 308 f. however synonymous with σαπερδης and with κορακῖνος; metaph. = τὸ γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον (H., Phot.). -- Seemingly from *πλάτιστος popularly enlarged (cf. Strömberg Fischnamen 31 f. with unconvincing analysis); not really convincing. -- The word will be Pre-Greek (- ακ- is the most frequent Pre-Greek suffix).

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