- σωλήν
- σωλήν, -ῆνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `pipe, channel' (Ion., Archil., hell. a. late). `grooved tile' (hell. inscr.); name of a crustacean, `razor-fish' (Dor. a. Att. com., Arist. a.o.; Thompson Fishes s.v.).Compounds: As 1. member a.o. in σωληνο-ειδής `pipe-shaped' (Aen. Tact. a.o.); on σωληνο-θήρας, -κέντης also Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 93 a. 108 f.Derivatives: Dimin. σωλήν-ιον, -ίδιον, -άριον, -ίσκος (hell. a. late); also -ωτός `pipe-shaped' (Lyd.) and the verbs -ίζω `to hollow out' with -ισμός (Ruf. ap. Orib.), -όομαι `to serve as a pipe' (v.l. Paul. Aeg.). -εύομαι = συμπεριφέρομαι (EM, H.); to this -ιστής m. `razor-fisher' (Phaenias ap. Ath.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Formation as κωλήν, πυρήν a.o. (Schwyzer 487, Chantraine Form. 166 f.), so prob. first from a noun *σωλος (-ον). Further unclear; hypothesis by Solmsen Wortforsch. 129 ff. (where extensively on meaning a. attestations): from IE *tu̯ō-l- to σῦριγξ (s. v.) and σαυρωτήρ (but s.s.v. σαύρα). - So quite unknown. Furnée 172 n. 118 suggests that the word is Pre-Greek (giving words in -ην).Page in Frisk: 2,842
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