- κημός
- κημόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `muzzle, wicker top of the voting urn, vessel for fishing, cover for nose and mouth etc.' (A., S., Ar., X.; on the meaning Schenkl WuS 5, 172ff.).Dialectal forms: Dor. κᾱμόςCompounds: As 2. member in εὑκαμία ἡσυχία, ἤτοι εὑφημία (EM, H.), as from *εὔ-κᾱμος.Derivatives: κημόω `put on a muzzle, tie up a mouth' (X., 1 Ep. Kor. 9, 9, sch.) with κήμωσις φίμωσις H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. The formally possible connection with Arm. k`amem `press (out)' (Petersson KZ 47, 284) is hard to combine with the further prob. basic meaning `wicker'. The same holds for wods from a Balto-Slavic and Germanic group with the meaning `press (together) etc.', which also differs in the vowel, e. g. Lith. kãmanos pl. `harness with bit', Russ. kom `clump', MHG hemmen, hamen `hold up, bind, hemmen' etc. etc. (Pok. 555, Fraenkel s. kãmanos, Vasmer s. kom). Lat. quālum `wicker basket' (Prellwitz1) has a diff. initial, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Specht Ursprung 263 n. 4 to χάβος `muzzle' (sch.Ar.Eq. 1147). Diff. Wood ClassPhil. 21, 341 (to OHG hamo `cover' etc.). - From Dor. καμός came Lat. cāmus `muzzle', from κημός Osman. Arab. ǵem `bit, mouth-piece of the harness, bridle', from where NGr. τὸ γέμι `bridle' (Maidhof Glotta 10, 9). - The connection with χάβος is of course blameless; it points to μ \/ β in Pre-Greek (Fur. 203-227); Fur. 220 who cites χαβός - χαμός (s.v.) both adjectives; Furnée seems to suggest that these words are the same as our word (where he is clearly following Frisk's presentation), which is clearly wrong; also he is incomplete as he does not cite κημός.Page in Frisk: 1,841
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