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1 κάλχη
Grammatical information: f.Meaning: `murex, purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium' (Alcm., Nic., Str.), metaph. as building term `rosette of a capital' (Att., hell., inscr.).Derivatives: - Denomin. verb καλχαίνω, prop. in med. `be purple' (Nic. Th. 641), metaphor. trans. `ponder deeply' ( ἔπος, S. Ant. 20), intr. `be unquiet, excited' (E. Herakl. 40), `long for' (Lyc. 1457).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: - The meaning `ponder, be excited', may have arisen after πορφύρα: πορφύρω, which were connected with each other. The comparison with OE gealg `sad, dark' (Holthausen IF 20, 322; WP. 1, 540) is unnecessary. - Whether also the name of the seer Κάλχας as "the toiler" belongs here (Carnoy Les ét. class. 24, 102), is quite uncertain. On Κάλχας, - αντος and Καλχᾱ-δών also Kretschmer Glotta 14, 100. Loan of unknown origin (Kretschmer Einleitung 167 n. 3).Page in Frisk: 1,769Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κάλχη
См. также в других словарях:
gealg — adj sad, angry … Old to modern English dictionary
galga- — *galga , *galgaz germ.?, Adjektiv: nhd. traurig, grimmig; ne. sad; Rekontruktionsbasis: ae.; Etymologie: s. ?; Weiterleben: ae. gealg, gealh, Adjektiv … Germanisches Wörterbuch
galg- — see gealg … Old to modern English dictionary
gealh — see gealg … Old to modern English dictionary
galgō- — *galgō , *galgōn, *galga , *galgan germ., schwach Maskulinum (n): nhd. Galgen; ne. gallows (Plural); Rekontruktionsbasis: got., an., ae., afries., as., ahd.; Etymologie … Germanisches Wörterbuch
