κάδουσα

κά̱δουσα, κήδω

trouble: pres part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic doric ionic)

κᾶδος, [dialect] Dor. for κῆδος. [full] κάδουσα· εἶδος σταφυλῆς, Hsch. [full] καδρανές (perh. for καπρανές, i.e. κατα-πρηνές) · κατωφερές, Id. [full] κάδυρος· κάπρος ἔνορχις, Id.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: name of a popular phantom (Ar., D.);

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

Etymology: Unexplained. Solmsen KZ 34, 552ff., also Specht KZ 63, 221, connects κατ-εμπάζω, ἐμπάζομαι (s. v.), which is hardly possible; cf. Chantraine Formation 269. (Not with Dumézil BSL 39, 100 to Arm. ambewt `mole'). Cf. Nilsson Gr. Rel. 725 and 817. Taillardat, Images $ 76. - Prob. a Pre-Greek figure, Fur. 197 n. 55 (cf. αἴθουσα, ἄγχουσα, κάδουσα, νηθουσα, Α᾽κίδουσα; Κηλοῦσα = Κήλωσσα ib.)