- καλλαβίς
- καλλαβίς, -ίδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: name of a lascivious dance (Eup. 163, Phot.); καλαβίς H. = τὸ περισπᾶν τὰ ἰσχία, η γένος ὀρχήσεως ἀσχημόνως τῶν ἰσχίων κυρτουμένων.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Seems derived from *κάλλαβος; it would belong to the popukar, lower words in -βος (cf. Chantraine Formation 260ff.). - After Bechtel Dial. 2, 375 from *καταλαβίς; semantically not yet explained. Fut. 343 compares κόλαβρος, a song that accompanies the κολαβρισμόςPage in Frisk: 1,764
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.