καὶ+διὰ+τοῦ+θ+παλάθια

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `cake made of conserved fruits' (Hdt. 4, 23, Thphr., LXX).

Other forms: παλάσιον bel.

Derivatives: Dimin. παλαθ-ίς f. (Ph. Bel., Str.), - ιον n. (Polem. Hist.), also παλάσ-ιον (Ar. Pax 574; v.l. - θιον); - ώδης 'π.-like' (Dsc.).

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

Etymology: If, as probable, to πλάσσω (s.v.), only in ablaut deviating from second part of the compounds κορο-, πηλο-πλάθος and from πλάθανον (s.v.). The same (disyll.) root has been supposed in παλά-μη, παλα-στή, but a root * plh₂- cannot have given πλα-; full grade in πέλα-νος ? Cf. also πλάξ (which cannot have a disyll. root). After Prellwitz however to πλῆθος, πίμπλημι, but * pleh₁- is here impossible. -- Or an adapted foreign word (quite hypothetic etymology by Lewy Fremdw. 77; s. also Grimme Glotta 14, 17)? To be rejected Specht Ursprung 255: θ from IE. th. - Furnée 259 cites παλάσια τὰ συγκεκομμένα σῦκα. καὶ διὰ τοῦ θ παλάθια H.; the variation θ\/σ shows that it is a Pre-Greek word.

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