σαρκο-κήλη

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `tumour; rupture, hernia' (Hp., AP), `hump' (Eup., Arist.);

Dialectal forms: Att. κάλη

Compounds: as 1. member in κηλο-τομία `operation for hernia'; as 2. member in ἐντερο-, σαρκο-κήλη (medic.; Strömberg Wortstudien 69f.).

Derivatives: κηλήτης, Att. καλήτης m. `with hernia' (Str., Gal., Phryn.), ( ἐντερο-)-κηλικός (Dsc., Gal.); κάλαμα ὄγκος H. (Chantraine Formation 186f.); denomin. verb καλάζει ὀγκοῦται. Άχαιοί H. On κηλᾶς bird s. v.

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [536] * keh₂u(e)l- `tumour, rupture'

Etymology: The difference between Ion. κήλη and Att. κάλη (acc. to gramm. α long) is not explained. `Rückverwandlung' of PAtt. η \> ᾱ cannot be accounted for; diff. ablaut-forms: *κᾱϜ-ελ-ᾱ \> κήλη, *κᾰϜ-ελ-ᾱ \> κάλη (Kretschmer KZ 31, 471f. doubting) is not attractive. Then κάλη must be an unattic term (Björck Alpha impurum 70 doubting); there is no proof. - A remarkable agreement gives a Germanic term for `groin rupture', OWNo. haull m., OE hēala m., OHG hōla f., PGm. * haula(n)-, - ō(n); from Slavic territoy we find with the same meaning Csl. kyla, Russ. kilá, also `knag on a tree', with Lith. kū́las `navel-rupture(?)', kū́la `thickening, swelling, knag'. Al forms mentioned can go back on an l-stem *kāu̯el-, kaul-, kūl- (cf. on ἥλιος). - Pok. 536f., W.-Hofmann s. cūlus, Vasmer Wb. s. kilá.

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σαρκο-κήλη, ἡ,

A sarcocele, a fleshy excrescence on the testicles, cels.7.18.10, Poll.4.203, Gal.7.729.