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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">sheath of a sword</b> (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> <b class="b2">with iron sheath</b> (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 <b class="b2">with ripe figs</b> [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 <b class="b2">with ripe figs</b> [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]] <b class="b2">leather sack</b> from a Mediterranaean language (with [[coleus]], [[culio]] [[scrotum]] as Etruscan forms); cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. So prob. Pre-Greek.

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