κηφήν

κηφήν
κηφήν, -ῆνος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: `drone', often metaphor. `lazy vagabond' (Hes.), also by the Anatolian Greeks used for the Asiatic peoples, e. g. the Persians (Hdt. 7, 61), as Russ. etc. Némĭci "the Dumb" as name for the Germans.
Other forms: καφάν H.
Derivatives: Diminutivum κηφήνιον (Arist.) and κηφηνώδης `drone-like' (Pl.). - Further Κηφεύς (Hdt.) and several other short names as Κῆφις, Κᾶφις, Κάφων, Καφώ, s. Solmsen Wortforsch. 123f.; diff. Bechtel Lex. s. κεκαφηώς.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Substantivization in -ήν, -άν of an adjective *κηφός, *κᾱφός? This may also be the basis of the PN Κηφεύς (wrong Bosshardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 133f.) and with ablaut to κωφός `dumb, deaf' (keh₂bh-, *koh₂bh-)? Further analysis and connection uncertain; cf. on κεκαφηότα. - Lat. hebes `dumb' cannot belong here because of the vocalism (IE. ĕ against ā, ō in καφάν, κωφός), unless one separates Κᾶφις etc. and considers καφάν as a false Dorisation. Older combinations in Bq. I think there is no reason to do so (Chantr.notes that ā\/ōis rare in Greek) and rather thinks that the insect name is a Pre-Greek word. Note that a word in -ᾱν is rare.
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