κάνδαρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kán.da.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.da.ros/

Noun

κάνδαρος • (kándaros)

Hesychius' gives the definition as: ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “charcoal”).

References

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

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