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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">ivy, Hedera helix</b> (IA.)<br />Other forms: Att. <b class="b3">κιττός</b><br />Compounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. <b class="b3">κισσο-φόρος</b> <b class="b2">having ivy</b> (Pi., Ar.); also as 2. member, e. g. <b class="b3">κατά-κισσος</b> <b class="b2">crowned with ivy</b> (Anacreont.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">κισσίον</b> = <b class="b3">ἀσκληπιάς</b> (Ps.-Dsc.); <b class="b3">κίσσινος</b> <b class="b2">of ivy</b> (Pi., E.), <b class="b3">κισσήεις</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Nic., Nonn.; on the formation Schwyzer 527), <b class="b3">κισσώδης</b> <b class="b2">envelopped with ivy</b> (Nonn.); <b class="b3">κισσεύς</b> surname of Apollon (A. Fr. 341; Boßhardt Die Nom. auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 43f.); <b class="b3">κισσών</b> <b class="b2">forest with ivy</b> (Hdn. Gr.), <b class="b3">κίσσαρος</b> = <b class="b3">κισσός</b> (Gloss.). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κισσόω</b>, <b class="b3">-ττ-</b> <b class="b2">crown with ivy</b> (E., Alciphr.) with <b class="b3">κίττωσις</b> (Attica).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin (cf. Güntert Labyrinth 22, Bertoldi Studi etr. 10, 26 n. 2). Wrong IE. explanations in Bq and W.-Hofmann s. [[hedera]]. Pre-Greek, Fur. 256 w. n. 36 on <b class="b3">-αρος</b>.

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