ἴξαλος: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(castrated) he-goat</b> (Δ 105, AP; on the meaning E. Maaß RhMus. 74, 464f.).<br />Other forms: Cf. <b class="b3">ἰσχαλωμέναι δεδερματωμέναι</b> H, and <b class="b3">ἴσκλαι αἱ αἴγειαι μηλωταὶ</b> ħ.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἰξαλῆ</b> f. <b class="b2">skin of ἰξ.</b> (Hp. Fract. 29) with several orthographic variants: <b class="b3">ἰσάλη</b> (sch. Ar. Nu. 72), <b class="b3">ἰσσέλα</b> H.), <b class="b3">ἰτθέλη</b> (Poll.), <b class="b3">ἰττέλη</b> (Poll.), <b class="b3">ἰσσέλη</b> (Theogn.), <b class="b3">ἰσθλῆ</b> (H.), <b class="b3">ἰτθέλα</b> (H.), etc. (Gal., Poll., H.; see Solmsen Wortforsch. 141).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: In the variations Solmsen saw like Bechtel Lex. s. v. evidence for Anatolian origin; thus Schwyzer 61. See Heubeck, Praegraeca 66 and 80. Pre-Greek, Fur. 129, 286, , 349, 379, 393.The form with <b class="b3">ἴσκλ-</b> shows syncopeof the <b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">ε</b>, that with <b class="b3">ἰσχαλ-</b> metathesis; <b class="b3">α</b>\/<b class="b3">ε</b> is well known. I suggest that the word had <b class="b2">*iktyal-</b> with a palatalized [[t]] as second consonant. See Beekes, Pre-Greek, 5.5.

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