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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Unclear. Has been derived from ἄρκυς (árkus, “net”). Has also been derived from Proto-Indo-European, with cognates such as Russian раки́та (rakíta). Beekes argues for a Pre-Greek origin, comparing the Hesychian gloss ἄργετος (árgetos, “juniper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ár.keu̯.tʰos/ → /ˈar.ceɸ.θos/ → /ˈar.cef.θos/
Noun
ἄρκευθος • (árkeuthos) f (genitive ἀρκεύθου); second declension
- juniper (Juniperus macrocarpa)
- Phoenician cedar (Juniperus phoenicea)
- prickly cedar (Juniperus oxycedrus)
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Further reading
- “ἄρκευθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἄρκευθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄρκευθος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἄρκευθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 132