- αὐτοκάβδαλος
- αὐτοκάβδαλοςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `done carelessly, ex-tempore' (Arist.); subst. pl. `buffoons, improvisors' (Eup.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Fur. 316 compares καυαλός μωρολόγος (not with Latte to Lyd. καύης `priest'), with βδ\/β\/F; the group -βδ- is rather of substr. origin. I think the word is cognate with κόβᾱλος etc. (Kuiper Gedenkschrift Kretschmer 215), Fur. 237. Diff. Durante, RiLi 1, 249.Page in Frisk: 3, 44
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