κηρύλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ, fabulous sea-bird, sts. identified with <b class="b3">ἀλκυών</b>, or the male of that species (cf. Antig. ap. Hsch.), <span class="bibl">Alcm.26.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Archil.141</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">49</span> D.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>593b12</span>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.73</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>5.48</span>: κειρύλος, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>300</span> (cf. Sch.ad loc., Hsch.), applied to the barber Sporgilos (from <b class="b3">κείρω</b>).

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: name of a bird, which was identified or compared with the kingfisher <b class="b3">ἀλκυών</b> (Alcm., Archil., Ar. Av. 299f. [here written <b class="b3">κειρύλος</b> as nickname referring to <b class="b3">κείρειν</b>], Arist.); see Thompson Birds s. v.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Formation in <b class="b3">-υλος</b> (diminutive?), Chantraine Formation 249ff., Leumann Glotta 32, 217f.); from a basis <b class="b3">κηρ-</b>, or <b class="b3">κηλ-</b> (with dissimilation)? In the first case perh. with Prellwitz (Wb.2, BB 30, 176) to Skt. <b class="b2">śārá-</b> [[motley]], <b class="b2">śārī-</b> name of a bird; cf. Frisk Nom. 6 w. n. 4 (IE. <b class="b2">*ḱero-</b>); in the latter case one connected [[κελαινός]] etc (s. v.), WP. 1, 420. One might follow Lagercrantz Sertum philol. C. F. Johansson oblatum (1910) 117ff. and connect <b class="b3">*κηλ-ύλος</b> with <b class="b3">κήλων</b> [[breeding stallion]]; cf. the description of the bird in H.: <b class="b3">κηρύλος ἄρσην ὄρνις συνουσιαστικός</b>. So no etym.