tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post3452732967892590155..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Etruscan araχ: a falcon, a hawk, both?Glen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-52888558914277442172008-06-20T17:58:00.000-05:002008-06-20T17:58:00.000-05:00Yes. I'm still hesitant about attributing the Etru...Yes. I'm still hesitant about attributing the Etruscan word to the Greek word, simply because it requires me to assume a lot. That is, the initial /h-/ would have to be unheard by the Etruscans (which is indeed possible in light of the Greek borrowing <I>Aita</I> "Hades") and there would have to be an omission of the remaining initial semivowel /j-/ as would be typical of Etruscan (and Aegean) Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-8620581840262058242008-06-18T23:17:00.000-05:002008-06-18T23:17:00.000-05:00According to Hesychius's Lexicon of the 5th/6th ce...According to Hesychius's Lexicon of the 5th/6th century, the fish is named after the bird. Here's the entry:<BR/><BR/>ἱάραξ· ἰχθὺς ποιός, Δωρικώτερον· διὰ τὸ ἐοικέναι τῷ πτηνῷ. καὶ λύχνος ὁ πρὸς τὰ ἱερά.<BR/><BR/>This means, "iarax: a kind of fish, in Doric; on account of (its) resemblance to the winged (creature). Also a lantern(fish?) which is with the sacred (offerings)."Stephen C. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18239379955876245197noreply@blogger.com