ἱεράκ-ειος

ἱερᾱκ-ειος, α, ον,

A of a hawk,

πρόσωπον Porph.

ap. Eus.PE3.12.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `hawk, falcon'; also fish-name (Epich. 68; Strömberg Fischnamen 1 13f. `high-flyer').

Other forms: -ᾱκος (Alcm. 28, E., Ar., Arist.), ἴρηξ, - ηκος (ep. Ion. Il.)

Compounds: Rarely in compp., e. g. ἱερακο-βοσκός `falconer' (pap.).

Derivatives: Dimin. ἱερακίσκος (Ar.); ἱερακίδιον, - άδιον `statuette of a hawk' (Delos II<sup>a</sup>; on the meaning Chantraine Formation 70), ἱερακεῖον `hawk-temple' (pap. II^a), ἱερακιδεύς `young hawk' (Eust.; like ἀετ-ιδεύς a. o.; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf - ευς 78f.); ἱερακάριος `falconer' ( Cod. Cat. Astr.); ἱερακίτης name of a stone, from the colour (Plin., Gal.; Redard Les noms grecs en - της 55), ἱεράκιον, also - ία, - ιάς, - ῖτις plant-name, `hawk-weed, Hieracium' (Ps.-Dsc.; on the unclear motivation Strömberg Pflanzennamen 118). - ἱεράκ-ειος, - ώδης `hawk-like' (late).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [1123] * uei- `more quickly'

Etymology: Though ἴρηξ in Hom. shows no digamma (Chantraine Gramm. hom. 1, 156), the H.-glosse βείρακες ἱέρακες (with βειράκη ἡ ἁρπακτική) shows an orig. *Ϝῑρᾱξ with -ᾱκ- as in several animals names. One starts from an adj. (noun) *Ϝῑρος, perh. related to (Ϝ)ίεμαι (Ebel KZ 4, 164f.). The sec. Form ἱέραξ from folketymology after ἱερός. - Solmsen Unt. 148f., Bechtel Lex. s. ἴρηξ; more in Bq. - Possible but uncertain; the suffix -ᾱκ- could point to Pre-Greek origin.

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