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κάγκανος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst) and cognate with Lithuanian kenkti (to damage, blight), Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, he wishes, desires) and Proto-Germanic *hungruz (hunger). However, Beekes finds the root structure typical of Pre-Greek and adds that the words compared mean hunger and pain and not primarily arid and dry.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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κάγκᾰνος (kánkanosm or f (neuter κάγκᾰνον); second declension

  1. dry, arid, barren

Declension

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Derived terms

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