- κανθύλη
- κανθύληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `swelling, tumour', only in κανθύλας τὰς ἀνοιδήσεις. Αἰσχύλος Σαλαμινίαις (Fr. 220) H. (on alphabet. incorrect place); also κονθηλαί αἱ ἀνοιδήσεις H. -Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The comparison with a Germanic word for ` ulcer, pus', e. g. OHG gund, Goth. gunds `γάγγραινα' (Holthausen KZ 28, 282), would require κονθ- or that κανθ- is secondary for *καθ-; "zur letzteren, sehr entfernten Möglichkeit Schwyzer 343 Zus. 1". Strömbergs proposal, Wortstudien 94, to derive κανθύλη from the name of the ass, κάνθων, κανθήλιος, is semant. not convincing. - The variation α\/ο is Pre-Greek, as is the suffix (Fur. 201 n. 14).Page in Frisk: 1,778-779
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.