- κῑβωτός
- κῑβωτόςGrammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 2)Meaning: `wooden chest, box, cupboard' (Hekat., Simon., Att.), also of Noah's ark and of the alliance (LXX).Derivatives: Diminutives κιβώτιον (Ar., Arist.), -ίδιον (Delos IVa), -άριον (Hero).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Perh. cognate with κίβισις `sack' (s. v.); anyhow a foreign word of unknown origin. Semitic hypotheses in Lewy Fremdw. 99f. A shorter form κίβος (κῖβος?) in Suid. - From κιβωτός Syr. qēƀūthā and NPers. kēƀūt `box' (cf. Bailey Trans. Phil. Soc. 1933, 50). Here perh. also Lat. cibus, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - So prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,848-849
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.
