- κιγκλίς
- κιγκλίςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `latticed gates', esp. those, through which the knights or the counselloers entered the court of justice or the meeting hall (Ar., Luc., Plu.), also θυρο-κιγκλίδες (Attica).Other forms: -ίδος f., mostly pl. -ίδεςOrigin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Technical word without certain etymology. Prob. with Strömberg Wortstudien 15 backformation from κιγκλίζειν `wag the tail, change constantly' (Thgn. 303; opposite ἀτρεμίζειν; cf. on κίγκλος), so prop. something like "swinging gate". - After Solmsen Wortforsch. 215 however to κάκαλα τείχη H.; improbable. Diff. Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 549: from *κιλ-κλί-δ-ες dissimilated and like δι-κλί-δ-ες `twofold doors' (s. v.) from κλί-ν-ειν; thus also Fraenkel KZ 45, 169. - It seems a redupl. form with prenasalization, κι-γ-κλιδ-; so Pre-Greek?Page in Frisk: 1,849
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.