Κανδαύλης: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, Lydian name for Hermes, expld. as <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dog-throttler</b>, <span class="bibl">Hippon.1</span>; name of a Lydian king, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.7</span>, al.</span>

|etymtx=ου<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: Voc. <b class="b3">Κανδαῦλα</b>, Lydian-Phrygian name of Hermes (Hippon. 1), also name of a Lydian king (Hdt.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [633, 235] <b class="b2">&#42;dhau-</b> (= <b class="b2">&#42;dheh₂u-</b>?) [[strangle]]<br />Etymology: - Acc. to Hippon. = <b class="b3">Κυνάγχα</b> (voc.) "dog-strangler"; relates to Hermes as god of dice (<b class="b3">Ἐρμῆς Τύχων</b>) and as term of dice-playing with Skt. <b class="b2">śva-ghnín-</b> prop. "dog-killer" (<b class="b3">κύων</b> = <b class="b2">śvan-</b> name of a unhappy throw) semant. identical. Sittig KZ 52, 204ff.; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 15, 192. Further s. <b class="b3">Θαύλιος</b> (of which a relation is quite uncertain). - Quite diff. on <b class="b3">Κανδαύλης</b> Bolling Lang. 3, 15ff. (not correct).