- βαλιός
- βαλιόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `spotted, dappled' (E.), `swift' (Opp.; after ἀργός).Other forms: with diff. accent (Schwyzer 380, 635) Βαλίος name of a horse of Achills (Il.).Derivatives: From this βαλία ὀφθαλμία H.?Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Cf πολιός and other colour adjectives in -ι(Ϝ)ός (Schwyzer 472, Chantraine Form. 123). As b- is rare in PIE one thought of a loanword; Solmsen KZ 34, 72ff. (Thracian\/Phrygian), Pok. 118 and Grošelj Živa Ant. 3, 203 (Illyrian), Schwyzer 68 n. 3 (Macedonian?). - Real Greek would be φαλιός.Page in Frisk: 1,214
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.