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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">murex, purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium</b> (Alcm., Nic., Str.), metaph. as building term <b class="b2">rosette of a capital</b> (Att., hell., inscr.).<br />Other forms: with replacement of aspiration <b class="b3">χάλκη</b> (Meisterhans3 103f.), also (through mix) <b class="b3">χάλχη</b><br />Derivatives: - Denomin. verb <b class="b3">καλχαίνω</b>, prop. in med. <b class="b2">be purple</b> (Nic. Th. 641), metaphor. trans. <b class="b2">ponder deeply</b> (<b class="b3">ἔπος</b>, S. Ant. 20), intr. <b class="b2">be unquiet, excited</b> (E. Herakl. 40), <b class="b2">long for</b> (Lyc. 1457).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: - The meaning <b class="b2">ponder, be excited</b>, may have arisen after <b class="b3">πορφύρα</b> : <b class="b3">πορφύρω</b>, which were connected with each other. The comparison with OE [[gealg]] [[sad]], [[dark]] (Holthausen IF 20, 322; WP. 1, 540) is unnecessary. - Whether also the name of the seer <b class="b3">Κάλχας</b> as "the toiler" belongs here (Carnoy Les ét. class. 24, 102), is quite uncertain. On <b class="b3">Κάλχας</b>, <b class="b3">-αντος</b> and <b class="b3">Καλχα-δών</b> also Kretschmer Glotta 14, 100. Loan of unknown origin (Kretschmer Einleitung 167 n. 3). | |etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">murex, purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium</b> (Alcm., Nic., Str.), metaph. as building term <b class="b2">rosette of a capital</b> (Att., hell., inscr.).<br />Other forms: with replacement of aspiration <b class="b3">χάλκη</b> (Meisterhans3 103f.), also (through mix) <b class="b3">χάλχη</b><br />Derivatives: - Denomin. verb <b class="b3">καλχαίνω</b>, prop. in med. <b class="b2">be purple</b> (Nic. Th. 641), metaphor. trans. <b class="b2">ponder deeply</b> (<b class="b3">ἔπος</b>, S. Ant. 20), intr. <b class="b2">be unquiet, excited</b> (E. Herakl. 40), <b class="b2">long for</b> (Lyc. 1457).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: - The meaning <b class="b2">ponder, be excited</b>, may have arisen after <b class="b3">πορφύρα</b> : <b class="b3">πορφύρω</b>, which were connected with each other. The comparison with OE [[gealg]] [[sad]], [[dark]] (Holthausen IF 20, 322; WP. 1, 540) is unnecessary. - Whether also the name of the seer <b class="b3">Κάλχας</b> as "the toiler" belongs here (Carnoy Les ét. class. 24, 102), is quite uncertain. On <b class="b3">Κάλχας</b>, <b class="b3">-αντος</b> and <b class="b3">Καλχα-δών</b> also Kretschmer Glotta 14, 100. Loan of unknown origin (Kretschmer Einleitung 167 n. 3). | ||
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|mdlsjtxt=![[κάλχη]], ἡ,<br />the [[murex]] or [[purple]] [[limpet]]. | |||
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