κάνθαρος

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The information in this etymology section is virtually identical with the entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek: the same sources are mentioned in the same order, value judgements 'hardly probable' etc. are directly copied, and phrases containing mentioning (possible) cognates/connected words are barely/poorly rephrased from Beekes. This notice was added by including the template {{copyvio suspected}} in the entry. Please check on the copyright status of the suspected material, deleting material that is in violation.

The entry by Beekes in his Etymological Dictionary of Greek reads (in close paraphrase):

"Not well explained. Connected with κάνθων (kánthōn, “ass, donkey”) and κανθήλιος (kanthḗlios, “ass, donkey”) by Strömberg, with the same suffix as in χίμαρος (khímaros) and κίσσαρος (kíssaros). Hardly probable. DELG points out that there are anthroponyms and toponyms like Κάνθαρος (Kántharos, “a port of Piraeus”) and concludes from this that the term may be of Pre-Greek origin, which is likely. As Akkadian 𒃶𒁺 (/⁠kandu⁠/, “jar for wine”), considered a loan from West Semitic, and Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑 (/⁠kanduru⁠/, “kind of vessel”) exist, itself from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒉡𒌉 (/⁠gannu-tur⁠/, “small vessel; potstand”, literally “little vessel, container, holder”), it would be a loan in this meaning."

κάνθᾰρος • (kántharos) m (genitive κανθᾰ́ρου); second declension

1. dung beetle (Canthon pilularius syn. Scarabaeus pilularius)

   Synonym: βύλαρος (búlaros)

2. sort of drinking-cup with large handles
3. kind of boat typical of Naxos
4. black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
5. woman's ornament, probably a gem in scarab form

• Ancient Greek: σκάνθαρος (skántharos)
  • ⇒ Byzantine Greek: *σκανθάριον (*skanthárion)
    • Greek: σκαθάρι (skathári)
• → Latin: cantharus, cantarus
  • Italian: cantero
  • → Catalan: càntar
  • → English: cantharus
  • → French: canthare
  • → Galician: cântaro
  • → Italian: cantaro
  • → Portuguese: cântaro
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ка̏нта̄р

    Latin script: kȁntār

  • → Spanish: cántaro
  • Translingual: Cantharus

• “κάνθαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάνθαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάνθαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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