- κισσός
- κισσόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `ivy, Hedera helix' (IA.)Other forms: Att. κιττόςCompounds: Often as 1. member, e. g. κισσο-φόρος `having ivy' (Pi., Ar.); also as 2. member, e. g. κατά-κισσος `crowned with ivy' (Anacreont.).Derivatives: Diminut. κισσίον = ἀσκληπιάς (Ps.-Dsc.); κίσσινος `of ivy' (Pi., E.), κισσήεις `id.' (Nic., Nonn.; on the formation Schwyzer 527), κισσώδης `envelopped with ivy' (Nonn.); κισσεύς surname of Apollon (A. Fr. 341; Boßhardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 43f.); κισσών `forest with ivy' (Hdn. Gr.), κίσσαρος = κισσός (Gloss.). Denomin. verb κισσόω, -ττ- `crown with ivy' (E., Alciphr.) with κίττωσις (Attica).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Foreign word of unknown origin (cf. Güntert Labyrinth 22, Bertoldi Studi etr. 10, 26 n. 2). Wrong IE. explanations in Bq and W.-Hofmann s. hedera. Pre-Greek, Fur. 256 w. n. 36 on -αρος.Page in Frisk: 1,860
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.