μακελ-λωταὶ θύραι

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `enclosure' (Epid. IV<sup>a</sup>), - ος m. `id.' (sch. Ar. Es. 137); - ος m. and - ον n. `market (for meat), hall for victuals' (Mantinea I^a, Sparta, 1 Ep. Cor. 10, 25, D.C.); μάκελ(λ)α φράγματα, δρύφακτοι; μάκελος δρύφακτος H.

Derivatives: μακελ-λωταὶ θύραι `latticed doors' (Delos II<sup>a</sup>), Lat. LW [loanword] macellōtae `id.' (Varro); μακελλεῖον laniatorium ('abattoir'), μακελλίτης corporicida (cod. corpodicina) Gloss.; details in Redard 117. -- Also μακελᾶς m. as "waiter of latticed doors" (AP 7, 709)?; s. Masson Arch. Or. 18: 4, 7ff.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]. LW [loanword] Sem.X

Etymology: Considered Semit. LW [loanword], cf. Hebr. miklā `enclosure' (Stowasser in Lewy Fremdw. 111 f.); from Greek Lat. macellum `market etc.', with macellārius \> μακελλάριος `laniator', - ιον n. `food-market' (pap. VI^p). But μακελλωταί not from Hebr. plur. miklā'ōt, but from μάκελλον as e.g. θυσανωτός from θύσανος. -- Here also Μάκελλα f. town im western Sicily (hell. a. late)? - So prob. Pre-Greek, but the identity of form with μάκελ(λ)α is unexplained.

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