- βάκηλος 1
- βάκηλος 1.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `womanlike man' (Antiph.), `eunuch in service of Cybele' (Luc.). Βάκηλος ἀπόκοπος, ὁ ὑπ' ἐνίων γάλλος, οἱ δε ἀνδρόγυνος, ἄλλοι παρειμένος, γυναικώδης H.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Anat.Etymology: Cf. κάβηλος and κάληβος with comparable meaning in H. Maaß RhM 74, 472ff. and Nehring Sprache 1, 165 assume metathesis. (Kretschmer Glotta 16, 192 compares Bakkhos; improbable.) Prob. Anatolian (= Pre-Greek?). - On the meaning Lucas RhM 88, 189f., Masson Rev. Phil. 41 (1967) 229Page in Frisk: 1,211
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.