κολεόν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Lyr. usu. κουλεόν, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sheath]], [[scabbard]], ἕλκετο δ' ἐκ κολεοῖο μέγα ξίφος <span class="bibl">Il.1.194</span>; κολεῷ μὲν ἄορ θέο <span class="bibl">Od.10.333</span>; ἂψ δ' ἐς κουλεὸν ὦσε μέγα ξίφος <span class="bibl">Il.1.220</span>; ξίφεος μέγα κουλεόν <span class="bibl">3.272</span>; ἀτὰρ περὶ κουλεὸν ἦεν ἀργύρεον <span class="bibl">11.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.11.98</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.6</span>; κολεῶν ἐρυστὰ… ξίφη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>730</span>; φάσγανον κώπης λαβὼν ἐξεῖλκε κολεοῦ <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Hec.</span>544</span>; ἐν κολεῷ <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.2.9</span>; <b class="b3">μάχαιρα ἐλεφάντινον τὸ κολειὸν</b> (sic) ἔχουσα <span class="title">IG</span>22.1382.16 (<b class="b3">κολεόν</b> ib.1388.47); <b class="b3">κολεὰ δύο</b> ib.11(2).203<span class="title">B</span> 39 (Delos, iii B.C.); κ., μέγα λώτινον ἔργον <span class="bibl">Theoc.24.45</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in insects, [[sheath]], [[wing-case]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>531b24</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[sheath of a sword]] (Il.; s. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 62).<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">-ός</b> m., with lengthening <b class="b3">κουλ-</b>.<br />Compounds: Also in compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κολεό-πτερος</b> <b class="b2">sheath-winged (of beetles)</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">σιδηρο-κόλεος</b> [[with iron sheath]] (pap. IIIa).<br />Derivatives: Denomin. <b class="b3">κολεάζοντες ὠθοῦντες εἰς κολεόν</b>, <b class="b3">περαίνοντες</b> H. (sens. obsc., thus Ath. Mitt. 59, 66; Syrus Va) with <b class="b3">κολεασμός τὸ περαίνεσθαι</b> H. Agreeing with <b class="b3">εἰλεός</b> a. o. in ending, <b class="b3">κολεόν</b>, <b class="b3">-ός</b> may stand for <b class="b3">*κολεϜ-όν</b> and be in connection with <b class="b3">καλύ-πτω</b>, <b class="b3">κέλυ-φος</b> (s. vv.; Bechtel Lex. s. v.). Whether also <b class="b3">κόλυθροι</b> pl. [[testicle]] (Arist.) with Bq belongs here, remains uncertain (<b class="b3">κόλυθρον</b>, <b class="b3">-τρον</b> also [[with ripe figs]] [Ath. 3, 76f.]; cf. also <b class="b3">σκόλυθρον</b>). -<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Agreeing with <b class="b3">εἰλεός</b> a. o. in ending, <b class="b3">κολεόν</b>, <b class="b3">-ός</b> may stand for <b class="b3">*κολεϜ-όν</b> and be in connection with <b class="b3">καλύ-πτω</b>, <b class="b3">κέλυ-φος</b> (s. vv.; Bechtel Lex. s. v.). Whether also <b class="b3">κόλυθροι</b> pl. [[testicle]] (Arist.) with Bq belongs here, remains uncertain (<b class="b3">κόλυθρον</b>, <b class="b3">-τρον</b> also [[with ripe figs]] [Ath. 3, 76f.]; cf. also <b class="b3">σκόλυθρον</b>). - After Meillet BSL 30, 115 A. 1 <b class="b3">κολεόν</b> comes, like Lat. [[culleus]] [[leather sack]] from a Mediterranaean language (with [[coleus]], [[culio]] [[scrotum]] as Etruscan forms); cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. So prob. Pre-Greek.