- καρχήσιον
- καρχήσιονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `a drinking vase narrower in the middle', metaph. `mast-head, where the halliards run, the top', also `cage or chamber in a torsion engine' (Sapph., Pi., IA.).Other forms: Pi. -άσιονDerivatives: καρχήσιος m. `halliard of a ship, rope in gen.' (Gal.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin; cf. Schwyzer 470, Chantraine Étrennes Benveniste 3, Hermann Gött. Nachr. 1943, 1f. Farreaching combinations in Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 208f., 4, 171. Lat. LW [loanword] carchēsium (s. Friedmann Die jon. u. att. Wörter im Altlatein 20ff.), from where Sp. carquesia, Ital. calcese \> Fr. calcet. The word could be Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,796
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.