- βδάλλω
- βδάλλωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `milk (cows)' (Pl.).Other forms: mostly present (rare aorists βδάλας, βδήλαιο). Also βδέλλω (sch. Theocr. 11, 34). Cf. βδέλλα `leech'.Derivatives: βδάλσις `suction' (Gal.). Difficult βδαλοί ῥαφίδες (`garfish, Belone acus') θαλάσσιαι. καὶ φλέβες κρισσώδεις (`varicose veins') H. (not a mistake for βελόνη); βελλαι `id.' H., misread for βδαλοί, or a variant of *βδελλαι?.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: That βδάλλω looks like a zero grade of βδέλλ-(α) is no doubt deceptive. The meaning `leech' and the group βδ- show that it is a Pre-Gr. word, as does the -λλ- (perh. bdaly-, or *byaly-). If βδαλοί does belong here, it shows Pre-Gr. -λλ\/λ-.Page in Frisk: 1,229
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.