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121 ὀρθαγορίσκος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `sucking-pig' (Ath., H.), also as fishname (Plin.; because of the grunting sound, Strömberg Fischn. 69); besides βορθαγορίσκια χοίρεα κρέα. καὶ μικροὶ χοῖροι βορθαγορίσκοι (- θάκεοι cod.). Λάκωνες H.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Acc. to several informants ap. Ath. 4, 140b for *ὀρθραγορίσκος, " ἐπεὶ πρὸς τὸν ὄρθρον πιπράσκονται" (litterally `who has its market in the early morning'), a qualification, which Bechtel Dial. 2, 328 rightly finds remarkable, but considers as undoubtable; the name would be a word of plaisantry. After Pisani Paideia 13, 143 however by the Lacedaemonians created with unfriendly reference to Όρθαγόρας, the first tyrant in Sicyon; from there folketymolog. ὀρθρ-. Can be sonsidered.Page in Frisk: 2,415Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ὀρθαγορίσκος
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