κάνδαρος
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kand- (“to shine, glow”), like Latin candeō (“I glow”), Albanian hënë (“moon”), Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, “shining”) and Old Armenian խանդ (xand). However Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kán.da.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
Noun
[edit]κάνδαρος • (kándaros)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”).
References
[edit]- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ