- καιάδᾱς
- καιάδᾱςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `pit or cavern at Sparta, into which people sentenced to death or their bodies were thrown' (Th. 1, 134, Paus. 4, 18,4, D. Chr. 80, 9).Other forms: -ου, Dor. -ᾱDerivatives: Also καιάτας, -έτας `id.' (Eust. 1478, 45); καιετός `fissure produced by earthquake' (Str. 8, 5, 7), καίατα ὀρύγματα η τὰ ὑπὸ σεισμῶν καταρραγέντα χωρία HOrigin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The connection with Skt. kévaṭa- m. `pit' must be rejected (Kuiper, Aryans in the Rgveda 27); so no IE. *kaiu̯r̥-t-; cf. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.). The form καιετός may be a reshaping after ὀχετός, (σ)κάπετος a. o. In καιάδας an old variant with -δ- is suspected (Schwyzer 498 n. 13; but words like γαιάδας ὁ δῆμος ὑπὸ Λακώνων, γαυσάδας ψευδής H. show the Laconian use of the δᾱ-suffix also oustide their territory). Mixed forms are καιάτας, -έτας. - Vgl. κητώεσσαν. - It seems clear that the word is Pre-Greek; perhaps *kawye-, which would give *καιϜα\/ετ-; the ε from a after the palatalized consonant (the δ is a normal variant). Fur. 180, 349.Page in Frisk: 1,753
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.