Καβαλλᾶς

καβάλλᾱς, καβάλλης

nag: masc acc pl

καβάλλᾱς, καβάλλης

nag: masc nom sg (epic doric aeolic)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `working-horse, ἐργάτης ἵππος' (Plu., AP, H.).

Derivatives: - καβάλλ(ε)ιον n. `id.' (inscr. Callatis, H.), also metaph. = ἡ πρώτη τοῦ τρικλίνου κλίνη διὰ τὸ ἀνάκλιτον H. Further καβαλλάτιον (\< Lat. * caballatium) plant name, = κυνόγλωσσον (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. the plant names in ἱππο-, Strömberg 30); καβαλλάριος (Teukros Astrol.) = Lat. caballārius `groom' (Gloss.), with καβαλλαρικός ( μύλος, τάπης Edict. Diocl.).

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Anat.

Etymology: The PN Καβαλλᾶς (IVth cent., Rev. Arch. 1925, I 259) shows that the word is old in Greek. Like Lat. caballus, Welsh EN Caballos καβάλλης (- ης techical and popular, Chantraine Formation 30f.) is an Asiatic loan (Wanderwort), perh. like Wallach a. o. orig. an ethnic); cf. Turc. käväl adjunct of at `horse', Pers. kaval `second class horse of mixed blood'. Further OCS. Russ. kobýla `mare' and acc. to Nehring (s. u.) Skt. kapala- as adjunt of a camel(?). Connection with the Anat. peoples name Καβαλεῖς ( Καβηλέες Hdt.) is uncertain, as is κάβηλος, κάληβος ἀπεσκολυμμένος τὸ αἰδοῖον H. (cf. on βάκηλος). For Lat. cabō, caballus one has suggested Etruscan origin. - Nehring Sprache 1, 164ff.; also W.-Hofmann s. caballus (with Nachtr. 853) and Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. kobýla; also Belardi Doxa 3, 208.

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