- ἄϊκλον
- αἶκλον (ἄϊκλον)Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `evening meal of the Spartans' (Epich.).Other forms: \<συν\>αιγλία = συναικλία; λυκαιχλίας· ὁ λυκόβρωτος (-βροτος codd.)Derivatives: ἀναίκλεια ἄδειπνα H. Also αἶκνον δεῖπνον H., Suid.; ἐπάϊκλα Pl.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Fur. 139 points to εἶκλον δεῖπνον H. and εἰκλεῖ δειπνεῖ H. and compares ἰκνείαν τροφεῖα H. and ἰκνεῖος τροφεύς. `Ρόδιοι H. and rightly concludes to a substr. word, which may be formulated (ἀ-)Ϝικλ\/ν- (not ἐ-Ϝικ- as there was no (prothetic) vowel ε); for the proth. vowels cf. ἀέροπ- \/ μέροπ- (the change between λ and ν may be secondary). (Comparison with αἰκάζει καλεῖ H. or αἰκάλλω is completely in the air.).Page in Frisk: 1,39
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.