- ἐλέα
- ἐλέαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: kind of singing-bird, perh. `reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea' (Arist. HA 616b 13). See Thomson Birds s. v.Other forms: ἔλεια (Call. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς m. (Ar. Av. 302; on the formation Schwyzer 461, Chantr. Form. 31); also ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation and origin unclear. One compares since Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 the Latino-Celtic name of the swan, Lat. olor, OIr. elae, including (Lidén Arkiv f. nord. fil. 13, 30f.) Swed. al(l)a, al-fågel `Fuligula glacialis', Pok. 304, Ernout-Meillet and W.-Hofmann s. olor. Prob. Pre-Greek (note ε\/ει\/αι).Page in Frisk: 1,485-486
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.