- κίκκαβος
- κίκκαβοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: comic name of a small coin in the Underworld = an eighth of a ψωθία = 3 oboles (Pherecr. [1, 167] ap. Poll. 9, 83); also `niggard' (Phot. s. κίμβικας).Derivatives: κικκάβι(ο)ν ἐλάχιστον, οὑδέν H.Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Ending as in κόλλυβος with related meaning (s. v.), but perhaps with Pisani Paideia 6, 291ff. from (the sound) of the screech-owl, κικκαβαῦ, κικκάβη; (after the owl on the back of the Athenian coin?). The word *κίκκος `(central) house of the pomegranate' is based on a conjecture for unclear κικαῖος in H.; s. Pisani l. c.Page in Frisk: 1,852
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.