- ἄντλος
- ἄντλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `bilge-water' (Od.).Dialectal forms: Myc. atara a vase, has been taken as \/antla\/, but this may be doubted.Derivatives: Denom. vb.: ἀντλέω `bale out bilge-water' (Hdt.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: ἄντλος is often taken as a psilotic form of *ἅντλος, with assimilation of μ from *ἅμ-θλο-ς, cognate with Lat. sentīna (Solmsen Wortforsch. 189; Chantr. Form. 375), but this is simply impossible: *sm̥- would give ἁ-. The Myc. form, if reliable, would exclude orig. *s-. Benveniste (BSL 50, 1954, 39) compared Hitt. han- `draw warer', which is quite convincing, though it gives the unusual suffix -τλος (thus DELG). Improbable vW. (*αντι-τλος from τέλλω, "of the rising water"). As to Lith. semiù, sémti `scoop', it has a root *semH- which is impossible in the Greek form. It is tempting to compare Lat. sentīna `bilge-water', which has always been done, but in that case the word cannot be IE, which seems quite possible for such a technical term. Connection with 2. ἀμάομαι seems formally improbable.Page in Frisk: 1,114
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.