κί̄ων

κί̄ων, -ονος

Grammatical information: m. f. (on the gender Schwyzer 486, Schwyzer-Debrunner 37)

Meaning: `column, pillar', also metaph. (Od.); as medic. terminus `cartiledge, wart' (Hp.).

Compounds: As 1. member in κιονό-κρᾱνον `capital of a column' (Str. 4, 4, 6 [v. l.], D. S.) beside earlier and more usual κιό-κρᾱνον (Pl. Com., X., Delos III^a etc.; syll. dissimilation). Further ἀκρο-, τετρα-, μετα-, προ-κιόν-ιον (Ph.).

Derivatives: Diminut. κιόνιον (Ph. Bel.), -ίσκος (Hero, J.), -ίς `uvula' (medic.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably], LW [loanword] Anat.

Etymology: With Arm. siwn `column' identical, further isolated. One of the Graeco-Armenian agreements (Schwyzer 57). Specht KZ 66, 13 (also Lexis 3, 70) assumes a common Gr.-Arm. LW [loanword]; cf. on αἴξ and Porzig Gliederung 157; cf. also γέφυρα. Can the word be Pre-Greek?

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