κόβειρος

κόβειρος

jester: masc nom sg

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: γελοιαστής, σκωπτής (`jester, scoffer'), λοιδοριστής.

Other forms: κόβειρα (ntr. pl.) γελοῖα H.

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

Etymology: Hemberg, Die Kabiren 1950, 326 refers to the grotesque pictures of the Kabeiroi in Thebes. An α can vary with ο in Pre-Greek (Fur. 341-5). So our word is identical with the word Κάβειρος.

κόβαρος· ἄνθρωπος, Hsch. [full] κόβειρος, ὁ,

A jester, Id.: Adj., in pl., κόβειρα· γελοῖα, Id. [full] κοβελίσκον· τρύβλιον, Id. [full] κόγκαλος· κονιορτός, Id. (leg. κονίσαλος). [full] κόγξ, onomatop., sound made by the voting-pebble as it fell into the urn, Id. [full] κογχαλίζω, of shells, murmur, Id.

λοιδορ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, = sq., Hsch.

A s.v. κόβειρος.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `abuse, revile, reproach, rail at' (Pi., IA.).

Other forms: aor. λοιδορῆσαι.

Compounds: sts with prefix as ἀπο-, συν-, προσ-.

Derivatives: λοιδορία `abuse, reproach' (Att.); also λοιδόρ-ησις (Pl., LXX), - ησμός (Ar.), - ημα (Arist., Plu.), - ημάτιον (Ar.); - ητικός `abusing' (Arist.), - ιστής H. as explanation of κόβειρος (*λοιδορίζω; after ἀγωνιστής a. o.); as backformation λοίδορος `abusing, slanderer' (E. Kyk. 534, Arist., hell.); cf. Frisk Eranos 41, 55ff.

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

Etymology: Formation like πολι-ορκέω, δειρο-τομέω, οἰνο-χοέω etc., but further unclear. Quite dubious suggestions by Frisk l.c.: to δέρω `flay' and a 1. member cognate with λύω (s.v.)?; or from *λοῖδος = Lat. lūdus `play', λίζει παίζει H. (with Fick 1, 533), and through *λοιδόλης (like μαινόλης a.o.) with dissimilation λ--λ\> λ--ρ? - Extensive lit. in Bq, WP. 2, 402, (Pok. 666), W.-Hofmann s. lūdus. - S. also Perpillou, RLGA 112ff. Several terms with this meaning are Pre-Greek ( κερτομέω).

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