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Ἀρκάς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Named after Ἀρκάς (Arkás, Arcas), son of Zeus and king of Arcadia, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏 (a-ka), 𐀀𐀏𐀆 (a-ka-de), from Proto-Hellenic *árktos (bear), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. Probably folk etymology, more likely Arcadia had an abundance of bears.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́ς (Arkásm or f (genitive Ᾰ̓ρκᾰ́δος); third declension

  1. an inhabitant of Arcadia; an Arcadian

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Blažek, Václav (2017): Indo-European Bear

Further reading

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  • Ἀρκάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἀρκάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἀρκάς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Ἀρκάς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002