καλάϊνος

καλάϊνος, καλλ-

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `blue-green, bluish', of stones, earthenware etc. (PSI 4, 396, 9 [III^a], Peripl. M. Rubr. 39 [cod. καλλεανός], AP, Dsc.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Adj. in -ινος, seemingly from κάλλαις `blue-green stone, turquoise' (Plin. NH 37, 151), but this could also be a backformation. Bezzenberger in Fick 2, 73 and Prellwitz 205: to κάλλαιον `cock's comb, the feathers of a cock' and καλαΐς `hen' (s. vv.).

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