βαλμός
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
ὁ, A = στῆθος, Hsch., Suid. βαλοιτήσειρον· παρὰ τὸ διεστραμμένον εἶναι τοὺς πόδας, Hsch.
Spanish (DGE)
-οῦ, ὁ pecho Hsch., Sud.
Greek Monolingual
ο (Μ βαλμός) βάλλω
η τοποθέτηση.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m. (n.?)
Meaning: στῆθος H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Unknown. Acc. to Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 196 Pre-Gr. For the suffix cf. λαιμός. Fur. 172, 178 compares convincingly φαλὸν τὸ στερεὸν κύκλωμα τοῦ στέρνου H.The variation points to Pre-Gr.
Frisk Etymology German
βαλμός: {balmós}
Meaning: στῆθος H.
Etymology: Unerklärt. Nach Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 196 vorgriechisch. Zum Suffix vgl. λαιμός und andere Körperteilnamen.
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