γογγύλος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[round]] (A.).<br />Derivatives: Substantivized (with change of stress) <b class="b3">γόγγυλος</b> "the round one" = <b class="b2">κόνδυλος, the clenched fist</b> (Sch.), <b class="b2">ὄλυνθος, wild fig</b> (Nic.). <b class="b3">γογγυλίς</b> (Com.), <b class="b3">γογγύλη</b> (Str.) [[rape]], also [[round bread]] (Ar.), <b class="b3">γογγυλίδιον</b> [[pill]] (medic.); <b class="b3">γογγυλώδης</b> [[round]] (Sch.); denom. <b class="b3">γογγύλλω</b> [[make round]] (Porson Ar. Th. 56 for <b class="b3">γογγυλίζω</b> after <b class="b3">γογγύλ</b><<b class="b3">λ</b>><b class="b3">ειν συστρέφειν</b> H.); <b class="b3">γογγυλεύματα στρογγυλεύματα</b> H. - Isolated <b class="b3">γογγυλάτης</b> <b class="b2">hurling balls of fire</b>? epith. of Zeus (Lyc.).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Beside <b class="b3">γογγύλος</b> stands <b class="b3">στρογγύλος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (cf. <b class="b3">ἀγκύλος</b>, <b class="b3">καμπύλος</b>). - If <b class="b3">γογγύ-λος</b> was based on an <b class="b2">u-</b>stem, this is perh. found in ON <b class="b2">kǫkkr</b> [[clump]], PGm. <b class="b2">*kanku-z</b>, < <b class="b2">*gongu-s</b> . Connection with [[γιγγίς]], <b class="b3">γιγγίδιον</b> a kind of [[rape]] (s. vv.) < <b class="b3">*γεγγίς</b> seems not probable. Comparison with Lith. <b class="b2">gungulỹs</b> [[ball]] also is rather useless. Reconstruction of IE <b class="b2">*geng-</b>, <b class="b2">gong-</b>, <b class="b2">gn̥g-</b> [[clump]], [[ball]] (Pok. 379) is of doubtful value; most words are Germanic and would mean [[bend]].