- ἴξαλος
- ἴξαλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `(castrated) he-goat' (Δ 105, AP; on the meaning E. Maaß RhMus. 74, 464f.).Other forms: Cf. ἰσχαλωμέναι δεδερματωμέναι H, and ἴσκλαι αἱ αἴγειαι μηλωταὶ ħ.Derivatives: ἰξαλῆ f. `skin of ἰξ.' (Hp. Fract. 29) with several orthographic variants: ἰσάλη (sch. Ar. Nu. 72), ἰσσέλα H.), ἰτθέλη (Poll.), ἰττέλη (Poll.), ἰσσέλη (Theogn.), ἰσθλῆ (H.), ἰτθέλα (H.), etc. (Gal., Poll., H.; see Solmsen Wortforsch. 141).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: In the variations Solmsen saw like Bechtel Lex. s. v. evidence for Anatolian origin; thus Schwyzer 61. See Heubeck, Praegraeca 66 and 80. Pre-Greek, Fur. 129, 286, , 349, 379, 393.The form with ἴσκλ- shows syncopeof the α\/ε, that with ἰσχαλ- metathesis; α\/ε is well known. I suggest that the word had *iktyal- with a palatalized t as second consonant. See Beekes, Pre-Greek, 5.5.Page in Frisk: 1,728
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