- κάλως
- κάλωςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `reefing rope, cable, rope in gen.' (ε 260); καλω-στρόφος `rope-twister' (Plu. Per. 12).Other forms: -ω, -ων, ε 260 a. Hdt. κάλος, hell. pl. -ωες, -ωας, -ωσιCompounds: καλω-στρόφος `rope-twister' (Plu. Per. 12).Derivatives: Dimin. καλῴδιον, also καλοίδιον (Com., Th., inscr., pap.). -Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: No etymology, techn. loan (Debrunner Eberts Reallexikon 4, 525, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1943, 1f.). IE. etymologies by Mansion PBBeitr. 33, 547ff. (to Dutch halen `fetch' \> Fr. haler etc.; or rather to OHG halōn `call, fetch', cf. on καλέω); by Persson Stud. 30 a. o. (to κλώθω etc.; cf. s. v.).Page in Frisk: 1,769-770
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.