ἴξαλος: Difference between revisions

|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: [[ἰξαλῆ]] f. <b class="b2">skin of ἰξ.</b> (Hp. Fract. 29) with several orthographic variants: [[ἰσάλη]] (sch. Ar. Nu. 72), [[ἰσσέλα]] H.), [[ἰτθέλη]] (Poll.), [[ἰττέλη]] (Poll.), [[ἰσσέλη]] (Theogn.), [[ἰσθλῆ]] (H.), [[ἰτθέλα]] (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 [[α]]/[[ε]], that with <b class="b3">ἰσχαλ-</b> [[metathesis]]; [[α]]/[[ε]] 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.