κάραβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Origin unclear; the irregular suffix and phonetics suggest a Pre-Greek,[1] Ancient Macedonian,[2] or Semitic[3] loan. Also see Latin scarabaeus, carabus, Armenian քարբ (kʻarb); Arabic عَقْرَب (ʕaqrab) and قَارِب (qārib).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾱ́ρᾰβος • (kā́rabos) m (genitive κᾱρᾰ́βου); second declension

  1. a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle
  2. a kind of crustacean, probably a crayfish
  3. a small boat

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References

  1. Robert S. P. Beekes, Greek etymological dictionary
  2. Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language,
  3. “Proto-Semitic root: *ʕaḳrab-; Number 2340” in Georgiy Starostin, Tower of Babel, Copyright 1998-2003 by S. Starostin.
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