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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wattles]] (Ar., Ael., Paus.), <b class="b2">cocks comb</b> (Arist.), <b class="b2">cocks tail feathers</b> (Ael. Dion.).<br />Other forms: norm. pl. <b class="b3">-α</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The connection with <b class="b3">καλαϊς</b> [[cock]] (Prellwitz after Stokes and Berneker; s. Bq) is rejected by WP. 1, 444; one assumes <b class="b3">κάλλος</b> as "piece of ornamant". Cf. <b class="b3">καλάϊνος</b>, <b class="b3">καλαϊς</b>; also W.-Hofmann s. 1. [[gallus]]. Prob. Pre-Greek.
|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wattles]] (Ar., Ael., Paus.), <b class="b2">cocks comb</b> (Arist.), <b class="b2">cocks tail feathers</b> (Ael. Dion.).<br />Other forms: norm. pl. <b class="b3">-α</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unknown. The connection with <b class="b3">καλαϊς</b> [[cock]] (Prellwitz after Stokes and Berneker; s. Bq) is rejected by WP. 1, 444; one assumes <b class="b3">κάλλος</b> as "piece of ornamant". Cf. <b class="b3">καλάϊνος</b>, <b class="b3">καλαϊς</b>; also W.-Hofmann s. 1. [[gallus]]. Prob. Pre-Greek.
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|mdlsjtxt=[[κάλλαιον]], ου, τό,<br />a [[cock]]'s [[comb]]: pl. [[κάλλαια]], τά, the wattles, Lat. [[palea]], Ar.
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