ἀκαρί
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἄκαρι (ákari)
Etymology
Compare κάρνος (kárnos, “louse”), κόρις (kóris, “bug”).[1] Sometimes connected to ἀκαρής (akarḗs).
Noun
ἀκαρί • (akarí) n (indeclinable)
- mite
References
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀκαρί”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 49
Further reading
- ἀκαρί in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀκαρί in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- acarid at OneLook Dictionary Search