ὑρίσκος

ὑρῐχός [pron. full] [ῠ], ὁ,

A wicker basket, hand-basket, Ar.Fr.569.5; [full] σύριχος, Alex.128.3; written also [full] ὑρισσός, Theognost. Can. 23 ([full] ὑρίσσος Hsch.); [full] ὑρίσκος and [full] συρίσκος, Hsch.; [full] ὕρισχος, Phryn.PSp.116B. ([full] βρίσχος ibid.); [full] σύρισσος, Poll.10.129.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `basket' (IA etc.) (on the anlaut σπ- σπυρίς σφ- Hiersche Ten. asp. 201 ff.).

Other forms: σφυρίς (Hp. v. l., hell. a. late), - ίδος

Compounds: σπυριδο-φόρος `basket-carrying' (pap. II^a)

Derivatives: Dimin. σπυρ-ίδιον (com. a.o.; σφ- hell. pap.), - ίχνιον (Poll.; like κυλίχνη a. o.); also - ιδώδης `basketlike', - ιδόν adv. `in form of a basket' (sch.). -- Instrumentname in - ίς as σκαφίς, γλυφίς a. o.; whether first from a noun (*σπυρός v.t.) or directly from a verb, cannot be decided. As "twined basket" to (IE) * sper- `wind, twine' in σπάρ-τον, σπεῖρα a. o. with υ-vowel from syllabic r (?).

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

Etymology: --The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek. Furnée 241 compares further σύριχος (Alex.), σύρισσος (Poll.), σύρισκος (H.), ὑριχός (Ar.), ὕρισχος (Phryn.), ὑρίσκος (H.), ὑρίσσος (H.), all `twined basket', if from *σϜύριχος. -- Lat. LW [loanword] sporta (from σπυρίδα; through Etruscan?); s. W.-Hofmann s. v. w. lit.

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