- καβάλλης
- καβάλλης, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `working-horse, ἐργάτης ἵππος' (Plu., AP, H.).Derivatives: - καβάλλ(ε)ιον n. `id.' (inscr. Callatis, H.), also metaph. = ἡ πρώτη τοῦ τρικλίνου κλίνη διὰ τὸ ἀνάκλιτον H. Further καβαλλάτιον (\< Lat. *caballatium) plant name, = κυνόγλωσσον (Ps.-Dsc.; cf. the plant names in ἱππο-, Strömberg 30); καβαλλάριος (Teukros Astrol.) = Lat. caballārius `groom' (Gloss.), with καβαλλαρικός (μύλος, τάπης Edict. Diocl.).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Anat.Etymology: The PN Καβαλλᾶς (IVth cent., Rev. Arch. 1925, I 259) shows that the word is old in Greek. Like Lat. caballus, Welsh EN Caballos καβάλλης (-ης techical and popular, Chantraine Formation 30f.) is an Asiatic loan (Wanderwort), perh. like Wallach a. o. orig. an ethnic); cf. Turc. käväl adjunct of at `horse', Pers. kaval `second class horse of mixed blood'. Further OCS. Russ. kobýla `mare' and acc. to Nehring (s. u.) Skt. kapala- as adjunt of a camel(?). Connection with the Anat. peoples name Καβαλεῖς (Καβηλέες Hdt.) is uncertain, as is κάβηλος, κάληβος ἀπεσκολυμμένος τὸ αἰδοῖον H. (cf. on βάκηλος). For Lat. cabō, caballus one has suggested Etruscan origin. - Nehring Sprache 1, 164ff.; also W.-Hofmann s. caballus (with Nachtr. 853) and Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. kobýla; also Belardi Doxa 3, 208.Page in Frisk: 1,749-750
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.