κακ(κ)άβι(ο)ν

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `three-legged pot', acc. to Ath. 4, 169c = χύτρα (Com.),

Other forms: also κακάβη, κάκαβος (Gal., Alex. Trall.), κάκκαβος m. (L)

Derivatives: Dimin. κακ(κ)άβι(ο)ν (Eub., pap.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: - Technical LW [loanword] of unknown origin (Semitic?; cf. Akkad. kukubu; Lewy Glotta 16, 137 and Grimme Glotta 14, 19); rejected by E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 83-83, but again defended by Szemerényi IF 73 (1968) 194f. In the meaning `kettle' it could be a metaphor of `partridge', Hemmerdinger Glotta 48 (1970) 53. From Greek Lat. cac(c)abus, dimin. cac(c)abulus (= κακουβαλουμ in Ps.-Dsc.; Andre Latomus 14, 518). Cf. W.-Hofmann s. cac(c)abus. - The word could well be Pre-Greek (seen the variations) and Lat. cascabus `cacabus grandis' (Gloss.), cited by Fur. 298.

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