The Ancient Macedonian word βροτοκέρτης
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| IPA | brotoke.rtɛːs |
| Meaning | barber |
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Greek: βροτός
‘mortal’ Proto-Indo-European: *k̂es- ‘to cut, to separate’ |
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One of the words reported by Athenaeus (Deipnosophistae 3.54) to have been created by Alexarchos (the word-maker), the brother of Cassander. Etym. "he who cuts men" |
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