κρωβύλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(parox., v. Hdn.Gr.1.163), ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[roll]] or [[knot of hair on the crown of the head]], worn at Athens, κρωβύλον ἀναδούμενοι <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antiph.189</span>, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>980</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> nickname of the orator Hegesippus, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.118</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> name of a [[πορνοβοσκός]]: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">Κρωβύλου ζεῦγος</b> 'a precious pair', <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>91.2</span>, Hsch., etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[tuft of hair]] on a helmet, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.4.13</span>.</span>

|elnltext=κρωβύλος -ου, ὁ haarknot (mode in Athene). helmbos.

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[roll or knot of hair on the crown of the head]] (Th., X., Antiph.; on the meaning Hauser Jahresh. d. Österr. Arch. Inst. 11 Beibl. 87ff.).<br />Other forms: Acc. after Hdn. Gr. 1, 163<br />Derivatives: [[κρωβυλώδης]] [[κ]].-like' (Luc. Lex. 13); [[κρωβύλη]] f. [[hairnet]] (Hdn. Gr. 1, 323, Serv. ad Aen. 4, 138).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. IE. etymologies in Bq (rejected). Semit. explanation in Lewy Fremdw. 89 (cf. Knauer Glotta 33, 116 n. 1). Rabin, Orientalia 32 (1963) 123f points to Late Bab. [[karballatu]] and Hitt. [[kariulli]]. Fur. 205 points to <b class="b3">-ύλη</b> as a usual Pre-Greek suffix. Cf. Gomme on Th. 1,101 and Rumf in Symbola Io. Kroll oblata 1949, 85-99.