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|etymtx=-ονος<br />Grammatical information: m. f. (on the gender Schwyzer 486, Schwyzer-Debrunner 37)<br />Meaning: [[column]], [[pillar]], also metaph. (Od.); as medic. terminus [[cartiledge]], [[wart]] (Hp.).<br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">κιονό-κρανον</b> [[capital of a column]] (Str. 4, 4, 6 [v. l.], D. S.) beside earlier and more usual <b class="b3">κιό-κρανον</b> (Pl. Com., X., Delos IIIa etc.; syll. dissimilation). Further <b class="b3">ἀκρο-</b>, <b class="b3">τετρα-</b>, <b class="b3">μετα-</b>, <b class="b3">προ-κιόν-ιον</b> (Ph.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[κιόνιον]] (Ph. Bel.), <b class="b3">-ίσκος</b> (Hero, J.), <b class="b3">-ίς</b> [[uvula]] (medic.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], LW [loanword] Anat.<br />Etymology: With Arm. [[siwn]] [[column]] identical, further isolated. One of the Graeco-Armenian agreements (Schwyzer 57). Specht KZ 66, 13 (also Lexis 3, 70) assumes a common Gr.-Arm. LW [loanword]; cf. on [[αἴξ]] and Porzig Gliederung 157; cf. also [[γέφυρα]]. Can the word be Pre-Greek?