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ἄνθραξ

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See also: άνθραξ

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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ἄνθραξ (ánthraxm (genitive ἄνθρακος); third declension

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

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Further reading

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