βαλιός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[spotted]], [[dappled]] (E.), [[swift]] (Opp.; after [[ἀργός]]).<br />Other forms: with diff. accent (Schwyzer 380, 635) [[Βαλίος]] 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 [[πολιός]] 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 [[φαλιός]].