- κήλων
- κήλων, -ωνοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `stallion, he-ass' (Archil., Kratin., Ph., H.) often metaph.. `swing-beam (for drawing water), swipe' (Delos IIIa, Pap.; as MHG heng(e)st);Dialectal forms: Dor. κάλωνCompounds: as 1. member in κηλωνο-στάσιον `support or base for the swing-beam' (PBerl. Leihg. 13, 14; cf. the ed. ad loc.).Derivatives: κηλωνεῖον, Ion. -ήϊον `machine for drawing (water)' (Hdt., Ar., Arist.) and κηλωνεύω `turn the swing-beam' (Hero, Ath. Mech.). Sec. formation in -ων (Chantraine Formation 161f.);Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Basis uncertain. Vendryes REGr. 25, 461 proposes to start from κῆλον in the not-attested sense of `πόσθη'. Diff., not better, Zupitza Die german. Gutt. 195: to OHG scelo `Schellhengst', MHG schel `jumping, auffahrend' etc. - Cf. on Σιληνός.Page in Frisk: 1,841
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.