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Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes, from Pre-Greek, in view of the suffix -αρ, which can be seen also in ἴκταρ (íktar), σκίναρ (skínar) and σῦφαρ (sûphar). Alternatively, it may be related to κῦδος (kûdos, “honour”), or Arabic قَبْر (qabr, “grave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈcy.ðar/ → /ˈci.ðar/
Noun
κύδαρ • (kúdar)
- (hapax) grave, tomb
- Synonym: τάφος (táphos)
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
- “κύδαρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύδαρ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ