- σίαλος
- σίαλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `fat pig, porker', also appositive to σῦς `id.' (Hom., Q.S., Thphr ap. Porph.) with σιαλ-ώδης `porker-like, fat' (Hp.), -οῦται τρέφεται H.; also (metaph.) `fat, grease' (Hp. Acut. [Sp.] 37; cf. bel.).Other forms: Myc. sia₂ro.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Without convincing etymology. After Kretschmer Glotta 13, 132f. and 27, 24 cross of *σίς `swine' (cf. σίκα s. σῦς) and πίαλος, the last of which is however only a secondary byform of πιαλέος (s. πῖαρ). Other attempts: to Germ., e.g. OE Þwīnan `become weak, die away' (IE *tu̯ī- beside tā[i]- in τήκω; Lidén IF 19, 351 f.); to OCS ty-ti `become fat' (IE *tu-iă, -ī f. `fatness'; WP. 1, 706 asking; cf. Bechtel Lex. s.v.). Against the semant. possible identification of σίαλος `grease, lard' with σίαλον `spittle' (Lidén l.c.) speaks the primary σίαι πτύσαι; also the hapax σίαλος `grease' may have arisen through ellipsis of σίαλος `fat swine'; cf. e.g. Fr. veau `calb', also `calf (-calf-leather'). -- The word will almost certainly be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 2,700
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.