ὀρφο-βόται

Meaning: name of `a large seafish of the genus of perches', `Serranus gigas' [aansluiten] or `Polyprion cermum' (com., Arist.).

Other forms: secondary ὀρφός or ὄρφος (Arist.; after Hdn. Gr. 1, 224 ὄρφος κοινῶς, ὀρφῶς δε Άττικῶς).

Derivatives: ὀρφ-ίσκος m. = κίχλη as a fish name (Pancrat. Ep. ap. Ath.), - ακίνης m. `young ὀρφώς' (Dorio ap. Ath.), from *ὄρφαξ (cf. δέλφαξ a.o.) with ινη-suffix as δελφακ-ίνη, ἐλαφ-ίνης a.o.), - εύς m. = ὀρφώς (Marc. Sid., Alex.) with allusion to the PN (Bosshardt 94). -- Details in Thompson Fishes s.v. and Strömberg Fischnamen 21 f.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Formation like the fishnames λαγώς, - ός (prop. comp.?), ἀχαρνώς a. o. Often referring to the colour connected with ὄρφνη (s. Strömberg l.c.), but in detail unclear. Improbable supposition (for *ὀρφνο-φος v.t. ?) in WP. 2, 367. Other etymologies by Sütterlin IF 29, 126 (s. Bq and WP. l.c.) and Specht Ursprung 267 (Swed. sarv `roach', Lat. sorbus `sorbtree'?). By Bechtel Namenst. 32 without semantic argumentation connected with ὀρφός in ὀρφο-βόται (s. ὀρφανός); or because of its isolated way of life (by Arist. described as μονήρης) ? -- Lat. LW [loanword] orphus, NHG Orf.

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