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ἐσχάρα

ἐσχάρα

Ancient Greek

Noun

ἐσχάρᾱ (eskhárā) f (genitive ἐσχάρᾱς); first declension

  1. hearth
  2. house
  3. sacrificing hearth
  4. (figuratively) platform, stand

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Derived terms

Descendeants

  • French: eschare
  • Latin: eschara

References

  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 472
  • Gamkrelidze, Th. V.; Ivanov, V. V. (1995) Indo-European and the Indo-Europeans. A Reconstruction and Historical Analysis of a Proto-Language and Proto-Culture. Part I: The Text (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 80), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 800