τευθίς
Loligo vulgaris
#nm_0381📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- teuthis
- IPA
- /teu̯.tʰís/
Origin uncertain, probably Pre-Greek substrate (Beekes), on the evidence of the variant τεῦθος teûthos and the meaning ↳ Earlier attempts are unconvincing: Pokorny compared Sanskrit dodhati (turbulent), Schindler proposed an original colour term
Named for ink used with reed pens. Etymological cousin of kalem (pen) - both from Semitic root #ḳlm (reed).
Alternates: Καλαμάρι (Greece)