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1 Κίλικες
Grammatical information: pl.Meaning: 1. `Cilician, inhabitant of the province in the south-east of Anatolia; 2. a people in the valley of Thebes, Θήβη, the town of Eetion, the father of Andromache, south of Troy (Il.).Derivatives: κιλικίζεσθαι κακοηθίζεσθαι H., ἐγκιλικίζεατι κακοηθεύεται, κακοποιεῖ διεβέβληντο γὰρ ἐπὶ πονηρίᾳ οἱ Κίλικες H. κιλίκιον `a coarse cloth of goat's hair' (Procop.). Κίλιξ mythical name; Κιλικᾶς PN (Cyprus, O. Masson, Κυπρ. Σπουδαι 32 (1968) 9ff. Κιλικία `Cilicia' (Hdt.). κιλκισμός `Cilician behaviour i.e. drunken butchery (Theopomp. Hist.).Origin: Assyr.X[probably]Etymology: The country (in Hittite times Kizzuwatna) was called (since 858) Hilakku by the Assyrians (but the name may be local); later there were local kingdoms where hieroglyphic Luwian was used. The Greeks arrived in the 8\/7th. cent. On the Greek king(dom) ( Hiyawa) of Mopsos = Musa\/us see now Oettinger (in B.J. Collins, The Hittites, Greeks and their neighbours, 2005). After the Assyrians disappeared the dynasty of the Syennesis (Hdt.) ruled, under the Persians.Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > Κίλικες
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