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1 κικκαβαῦ
Grammatical information: exclam.Meaning: natural sound of the screech-owl (Ar. Av. 261);Derivatives: κικκάβη `screech-owl' (sch.) and κικκαβάζω `cry as an owl' (Ar. Lys. 761 coni. Dobree for κακκαβάζω, - βίζω). Further κικκάβη (gloss.), κίκυμος, - υβος (H.), κικυμωΐς (Call. Fr. 318), - ωνίς acc. to Latte `id.'; cf. Heubeck Würz. Jb. 1949-50, H. 2, 208ff. Note κικυμωνεῖν δυσβλεπτεῖν H. Further κὶκυμος λαμπτήρ η γλαυκός ὁμοίως καὶ κίκυβος.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Onomatopoetic words, partly with expressive gemination (Schwyzer 315); on the β-suffix Chantraine Formation 261. Cf. κακκάβη and κίκιρρος; s. also κίκκαβος and κύμινδις; also W.-Hofmann s. cucubiō, the sound of the screech-owl. The words κικυβ\/ μος show the Pre-Greek interchange β\/μ; but Fur. 221 rejects κικκαβ\/μη as too late. Also Lat. cicuma `screecht-owl. I have no explanation of the interchange ( κικκ-)αβ\/μ- \/ ( κικ-)υβ\/μ-. The word is clearly Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,851-852Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κικκαβαῦ
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3 κικκαβαῦ
κικκᾰβαῦ, onomatop.,A cry in imitation of the screech-owl's note, Ar. Av. 261: [full] κικκάβη, ἡ, screech-owl, Sch.adloc.; cf. [full] κικκάμη, noctua, Gloss.:—hence [full] κικκᾰβάζω (- ίζω Phot.
), shriek like a screech-owl, cj. Dobree for κακκ- in Ar.Lys. 761.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > κικκαβαῦ
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4 κικυμίς
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5 κίκκαβος
Grammatical information: m.Meaning: comic name of a small coin in the Underworld = an eighth of a ψωθία = 3 oboles (Pherecr. [1, 167] ap. Poll. 9, 83); also `niggard' (Phot. s. κίμβικας).Derivatives: κικκάβι(ο)ν ἐλάχιστον, οὑδέν H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Ending as in κόλλυβος with related meaning (s. v.), but perhaps with Pisani Paideia 6, 291ff. from (the sound) of the screech-owl, κικκαβαῦ, κικκάβη; (after the owl on the back of the Athenian coin?). The word *κίκκος `(central) house of the pomegranate' is based on a conjecture for unclear κικαῖος in H.; s. Pisani l. c.Page in Frisk: 1,852Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κίκκαβος
См. также в других словарях:
κικκάβη — κικκάβη, ἡ (Α) κουκουβάγια. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κικκαβαῦ (πρβλ. και νεοελλ. κουκουβάγια < κουκουβάου)] … Dictionary of Greek
κικυμίς — κικυμίς, ἡ (Α) κικκάβη·, γλαυξ. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Άλλος τ. τής λ. κικκάβη (πρβλ. και κίκυμος)] … Dictionary of Greek
kā̆ u-, kē̆ u-, kū- — kā̆ u , kē̆ u , kū English meaning: to howl Deutsche Übersetzung: ,heulen” Note: onomatopoeic words, partly with anlaut. k, partly with k̂. Material: O.Ind. kü uti ‘shouts, howls”, Intens. kōkūyate ‘schreit, sounds, seufzt”… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
