σίαλος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[fat pig]], [[porker]], also appositive to [[σῦς]] <b class="b2">id.</b> (Hom., Q.S., Thphr ap. Porph.) with <b class="b3">σιαλ-ώδης</b> [[porker-like]], [[fat]] (Hp.), <b class="b3">-οῦται τρέφεται</b> H.; also (metaph.) [[fat]], [[grease]] (Hp. Acut. [Sp.] 37; cf. bel.).<br />Other forms: Myc. <b class="b2">sia₂ro</b>.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Without convincing etymology. After Kretschmer Glotta 13, 132f. and 27, 24 cross of <b class="b3">*σίς</b> [[swine]] (cf. [[σίκα]] s. [[σῦς]]) and [[πίαλος]], the last of which is however only a secondary byform of [[πιαλέος]] (s. [[πῖαρ]]). Other attempts: to Germ., e.g. OE [[Þwīnan]] [[become weak]], [[die away]] (IE <b class="b2">*tu̯ī-</b> beside [[tā]][[[i]]]- in [[τήκω]]; Lidén IF 19, 351 f.); to OCS [[ty-ti]] [[become fat]] (IE <b class="b2">*tu-ia</b>, <b class="b2">-ī</b> f. [[fatness]]; WP. 1, 706 asking; cf. Bechtel Lex. s.v.). Against the semant. possible identification of [[σίαλος]] [[grease]], [[lard]] with [[σίαλον]] [[spittle]] (Lidén l.c.) speaks the primary <b class="b3">σίαι πτύσαι</b>; also the hapax [[σίαλος]] [[grease]] may have arisen through ellipsis of [[σίαλος]] [[fat swine]]; cf. e.g. Fr. [[veau]] [[calb]], also <b class="b2">calf (-calf-leather</b>). -- The word will almost certainly be Pre-Greek.