- κιξάλλης
- κιξάλλης, -ουGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `highway-robber, pirate, thieve' (Democr. 260, SIG 38, 19 [Teos Va], H.); Jo. Gramm. (in Hoffmann Dial. 3, 208) has κιττάλης = κλέπτης (on the phonetics Schwyzer 318).Other forms: Cf. κίξας τοὺς ἐν ὁδῳ̃ λῃστας (Phot.).Derivatives: κιξαλλεύω `tribe robbery' (SIG l. c.), κιξαλλία πᾶσα κακοτεχνία H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: On the formation cf. καβάλλης, δαμάλης a. o., further unclear. Prob. Anatolian (Carian-Lycian) with Hoffmann Dial. 3, 612; cf. Solmsen Wortforsch. 141 w. n. - Not with v. Herwerden Lex. suppl. s. v. to κίξατο (s. κιχάνω). Clearly Pre-Greek. Fur. 286. Rec. *kikyaly-?Page in Frisk: 1,857
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.