κάδυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Von Blumenthal connected the word with κεκαδών (kekadṓn, “to draw back, retire”), but this seems improbable. According to Beekes, the element υρ- rather points to Pre-Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.ðy.ros/ → /ˈka.ði.ros/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.dy.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ðy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ðy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ði.ros/

Noun

κάδυρος • (káduros)

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: κάπρος ἔνορχις (kápros énorkhis, literally “uncastrated boar”).

Further reading

• 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