- πῶλος
- πῶλοςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `young horse, foal, filly' (Il.), second. also of other young animals (Arist. etc.), poet. also `horse' in gen., metaph. `young girl, youth etc.' (Anacr., A., E.).Other forms: Myc. poro.Compounds: Comp. πωλο-δάμν-ης m. "foal-tamer", `horsebreaker' (X.; Schwyzer 451, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 93) with πωλοδαμν-έω (S., E., X.) etc.; λευκό-πωλος `with white foals' (Pi., trag.).Derivatives: 1. Dimin. πωλ-ίον n. (Att., Arist. a.o.), -άριον (Pl. ap. D. L. a.o.); 2. adj. -ικός `belonging to, concerning foals' (S., E., Arc. a.o. inscr.), `virginal' (A. in lyr.; Chantraine Études 116ff.); -ειος `id.' (Suid.); 3. Πωλώ f. surn. of Artemis in Thasos (Nilsson Gr. Rel. I 483 n. 3); 4. denomin. πωλ-εύω `to break in a young horse' (X.) with -εία f., -ευσις f., -ευμα n., -ευτής m., -ευτικός (X., Max. Tyr. a.o.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [841 to be corrected] *pōlH-, plH- `foal'Etymology: Semant. πῶλος agrees exactly with NHG Fohlen, Füllen a. cogn., e.g. Goth. fula, OWNo. fole, OHG folo, PGm. *fulan-, with the dimin. OWNo. fyl n., Pgm. *ful-i̯a-, OHG fulīn n., PGm. *ful-īna- n. As aginst πῶλος PGm. *fulan represent the zero grade: IE pōlH- : plH̥-. We should not connect παῖς, Lat. puer etc., for which one posited orig. pō[u]-l- : pu-l- ; s. παῖς w. lit. Then there is Alb. pelë `mare' from *pōl-n- (Jokl Festschr. Kretschmer 83). -- Arm. ul `small goat', a.o. connected by Meillet Rev. ét. armén. 10, 184f. (including amul \< IE *n̥-pōlos `unfertile') and Mladenov KZ 50, 54 f., is however because of the deviating meaning rather doubtful; cf. Lidén Armen. Stud. 25 (w. older lit.). -- To be rejected Thieme Studien 48 n. 2 (p. 49): prop. `meadow-animal' to IE *kʷel- (s. πέλομαι).Page in Frisk: 2,634
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.