- κίχλη
- κίχληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `thrush'; also name of a fish, a kind of wrasse (χ 468, Epich., Arist.; because he changes colour with the seasons like the thrush; Strömberg Fischnamen 116).Other forms: younger κίχλᾰ (Alex. Trall., Gp.; Solmsen Wortforsch. 260), Dor. κιχήλα (Epich. 157, Ar. Nu. 339). Cf. ἴχλα κίχλα H. and ἴσκλαι = κίχλαι H.Derivatives: κιχλίζω `giggle, laugh' (Ar., Theoc., Herod.) with κιχλισμός; κιχλιδ-ιάω `want to giggle' (Com. Adesp. 1038; not quite certain).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Popular redupl. formation, but unclear (hardly to χελιδών (s. v.). A side form is ἴχλα (H.). See Thompson Birds s. v. (also on the diff. names of the bird). - Fur. 130 on κιχήλα. The variants point to a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,862
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