σπολεύς

σπολεύς

loaf: masc nom sg

σπολεύς, έως, ὁ, a kind of

A loaf, Philet. ap. Ath.3.114e ( σποδέα cj. Schw.).

σπολεύς, ὁ, eine Art Brot

Grammatical information: f. (m.)

Meaning: `soot' (Hippon.). ἀσβολόεν μέγα, ὑψηλόν (= ψολόεν Latte), μέλαν H. (for μέγα read also μέλαν; its final ν was read as υ, which led to the interpretation of υψολοεν as ὑψηλόν).

Other forms: Also ἀσβόλη f. (Semon.)

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

Etymology: Unknown. One compared words for `ashes', `dry', like Gr. ἄζω `wither', Goth. azgo, OHG. asca `ashes'. But - βόλος would remain unclear; hardly to βάλλω. Fur. 154f considers it a substr. word, which is undoubtedly correct: note the rare group - σβ-. He compares σποδός `soot', which is unexplained. He further points to σποδίτης ( ἄρτος) `bread baked in hot ashes', which is also called σπολεύς (Philet. ap. Ath. 3, 114e; corrected by Frisk to *σποδεύς!) For δ\/λ cf. λαβύρινθος, Myc. dapu₂rito-. Finally, 393 n. 21 he asks whether the group is identical with ψόλος `soot' (A.); I think that this is most probable (but not to ψόθος `dirt'); on σπ\/ψ Fur. 393.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `ash, ember, metal ashes, dust' (Ion. ι 375, trag. a. o.).

Compounds: Compp. σποδο-ειδής `ash-coloured' (Hp., Arist. a.o.), ἔν-σποδος `id.' (Dsc.; Strömberg Prefix Studies 128 a. 130).

Derivatives: 1. σποδ-ιά, Ion. - ιή f. `heap of ashes, ash' (ε 488, Hp., E. Cyc. 615 [lyr.], Pl. Com., LXX, AP a. o.; Scheller Oxytonierung 67) with - ιώδης `ash-coloured' (Erot.), - ιαῖος `id., gilvus' (Gloss.), - ιάς f. `wild plum, Prunus insititia (?)' (Thphr.). 2. - ιον n. `metal ash' (Poseidon., Dsc.) with - ιακός `made of σ.' (late medic.). 3. -( ε)ιος `ashen' (Semon. a. o.). 4. - ώδης `ashlike', of colour and taste (App., Gal.). 5. - ίτης ἄρτος `bread baked in ashes' (Hp., Diph.; Redard 91); also σποδεύς `id.' (s. on σπολάς). 6. Denominative verbs: a. σποδ-όομαι `to become ashes' (Hp., Lyc., AP), συνεσποδωμένον συγκεκομ-μένον H.; - ώσασθαι `to bestrew with ashes' (LXX); b. - ίζω `to roast in the ashes' (Pl., Ar.), intr. (also wit ὑπο-) `to become ashen' (Dsc.); c. σποδέω, also with κατα-, ἀπο-, δια-, `to crunch, to smash, to grind', also sensu obsc., of food `to consume, to swallow' (often Ar. a. o. com., A., E.), if prop. `to become dust'; cf. κατα-σποδέω `to stretch down in the dust' (A., Ar.); here also σποδ-όρχης m. `eunuch' (Eust.), s. E. Maass RhM 74, 432 ff.

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

Etymology: Unexplained. Improbable hypothesis by Grošelj Živa Ant. 1, 129. Older lit. in Bq. -- Furnée 154 convincingly connects ἄσβολος `soot, dust of coals' and *σπολός in σπολεύς (but Frisk s.v. σπολάς takes this as wrong for *σποδεύς). The word then is Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `leather harness, jerkin' (S. Fr. 11, Ar., X.).

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

Etymology: Formation in - άς from a verbal noun *σπόλος, *σπολή. If prop. `(torn off) skin', with ( ἀ)σπάλαξ (s. v.; ?) from a verb for `split, tear off' (IE * sp(h)el-), to which belong also σπόλια τὰ παρατιλλόμενα ἐρίδια ἀπὸ τῶν σκελῶν τῶν προβάτων (formally = Lat. spolia), ἄσπαλον σκῦτος H., prob. also Thess. (IG 9: 2 p. XI [II^a]) σπόλος `pole' (= `split wood') [this seems quite doubtful to me]. However σπολεύς `kind of bread' (Philet. ap. Ath. 3, 114e) may be wrong for σποδεύς (s. on σποδός). -- From other languages: Lat. spolium `torn off animal skin, equipment taken from the enemy, taken off equipment', Lith. spãlis `beard, einzelne (Flachs)schäbe (= parts of the stalk of flax)', pl. spãliai `parts of the stalk (Schäben)', Germ., e.g. NHG spalten etc.; s. WP. 2, 677ff., Pok. 985ff., W.-Hofmann s. spolium, Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 193 f.; everwhere w. lit.; on the adduced Indian words also Mayrhofer s. phálati. Cf. on στέλλω; also ψαλίς. - Clearly the same word as ἄσπαλον, so a Pre-Greek word.

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