κλῶμαξ
Πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλει → There are many wondrous things in this world, but none more wondrous than humans
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ,
A heap of stones, rocky place, Lyc.653: κρῶμαξ, Hsch.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ακος (ὁ) :
rocher.
Étymologie: DELG rien de sûr.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
κλῶμαξ: ᾰκος ὁ груда камней, скалистое место Anth.
Frisk Etymological English
-ακος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: heap of stones, rock (Lyc. 653) with (Ίθώμη) κλωμακόεσσα stony, rocky (Β 729).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Formation as λίθαξ, βῶλαξ etc. (Chantraine Formation 379). From a verbal noun *κλῶμος, prop. *breach, from κλάω brake (s. v.)?; cf. περικεκλασμένος lying on uneven, rocky grund, of τόποι, πόλεις, οἰκίαι (Plb.). Of the full grade in κλῆ-μα (κλᾶ-μα), κλῆ-ρος (κλᾶ-ρος)? - Beside it κρῶμαξ id., κρωμακόεις κρημνώδης H., κρωμακωτός (Eust. 330, 40; Paphlagonian) with ρ from κρημνός (which does no belong to κρεμάννυμι)? - After Belardi Doxa 3, 210 as Pre-Greek to Lat. grūmus heap of earth., hill. A connection with κλάω (and further κλῆμα, κλᾶρος) is improbable. The form with ρ could show Pre-Greek variation
