βαλιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[spotted]], [[dappled]], <b class="b3">ἔλαφος, λύγκες</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>90</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>579</span> (both lyr.); πέρδιξ <span class="title">AP</span>7.203 (Simm.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> parox., <b class="b3">βαλίος</b>, as name of one of Achilles' horses, [[Piebald]], [[Dapple]], <span class="bibl">Il.16.149</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span> 222</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[swift]], <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.314</span>, <span class="bibl">Tryph.84</span>, <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>9.156</span>, al.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[spotted]], [[dappled]] (E.), [[swift]] (Opp.; after <b class="b3">ἀργός</b>).<br />Other forms: with diff. accent (Schwyzer 380, 635) <b class="b3">Βαλίος</b> name of a horse of Achills (Il.).<br />Derivatives: From this <b class="b3">βαλία ὀφθαλμία</b> H.?<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Cf <b class="b3">πολιός</b> and other colour adjectives in <b class="b3">-ι(Ϝ)ός</b> (Schwyzer 472, Chantraine Form. 123). As <b class="b2">b-</b> is rare in PIE one thought of a loanword; Solmsen KZ 34, 72ff. (Thracian\/Phrygian), Pok. 118 and Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 203 (Illyrian), Schwyzer 68 n. 3 (Macedonian?). - Real Greek would be <b class="b3">φαλιός</b>.