- κάλχη
- κάλχηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `murex, purple flower, Chrysanthemum coronarium' (Alcm., Nic., Str.), metaph. as building term `rosette of a capital' (Att., hell., inscr.).Other forms: with replacement of aspiration χάλκη (Meisterhans3 103f.), also (through mix) χάλχηDerivatives: - Denomin. verb καλχαίνω, prop. in med. `be purple' (Nic. Th. 641), metaphor. trans. `ponder deeply' (ἔπος, S. Ant. 20), intr. `be unquiet, excited' (E. Herakl. 40), `long for' (Lyc. 1457).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: - The meaning `ponder, be excited', may have arisen after πορφύρα : πορφύρω, which were connected with each other. The comparison with OE gealg `sad, dark' (Holthausen IF 20, 322; WP. 1, 540) is unnecessary. - Whether also the name of the seer Κάλχας as "the toiler" belongs here (Carnoy Les ét. class. 24, 102), is quite uncertain. On Κάλχας, -αντος and Καλχᾱ-δών also Kretschmer Glotta 14, 100. Loan of unknown origin (Kretschmer Einleitung 167 n. 3).Page in Frisk: 1,769
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.