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ἄνθραξ

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See also: άνθραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain; Strong's Concordance calls it a "primitive word". Possibly from a Mediterranean substrate; compare Old Armenian անթայր (antʻayr, spark; anthrax), անթեղ (antʻeł, hot coal, ember).

Others have connected the word to Old Norse sintr, German Sinter (sinter), Old English sinder (cinder, ashes, slag), all from *sindrą (dross, cinder, slag), and via Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro- (coagulating fluid, scale, cinder) cognate to Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra, lime cinder, gypsum) (compare Serbo-Croatian sadra, Czech sádra). Kölligan suggests a connection to Sanskrit अन्ध (andha, blind, darkness, etc.).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἄνθραξ (ánthrax) m (genitive ἄνθρακος); third declension

  1. charcoal
  2. a deep red precious stone, a carbuncle
  3. an abscess, a boil, a carbuncle

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἀνθρακάριος (anthrakários)
  • ἀνθρακεία (anthrakeía)
  • ἀνθρακεύς (anthrakeús)
  • ἀνθρακεύω (anthrakeúō)
  • ἀνθρακηρός (anthrakērós)
  • ἀνθρακιά (anthrakiá)
  • ἀνθρακίας (anthrakías)
  • ἀνθρακίδες (anthrakídes)
  • ἀνθρακίζω (anthrakízō)
  • ἀνθράκινος (anthrákinos)
  • ἀνθράκιον (anthrákion)
  • ἀνθρακῖτης (anthrakîtēs)
  • ἀνθρακοβότανον (anthrakobótanon)
  • ἀνθρακοειδής (anthrakoeidḗs)
  • ἀνθρακοθήκη (anthrakothḗkē)
  • ἀνθρακοκαύστης (anthrakokaústēs)
  • ἀνθρακόομαι (anthrakóomai)
  • ἀνθρακοπώλης (anthrakopṓlēs)
  • ἀνθρακώδης (anthrakṓdēs)
  • ἀνθρακωμα (anthrakōma)
  • ἀνθρακών (anthrakṓn)
  • ἀνθρακωσις (anthrakōsis)

Descendants

Further reading

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