- κλανίον
- κλανίονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `bracelet' (pap. Empire); κλανία ψέλια βραχιόνων, also κλαρ\<ί\>α ψέλια H. (with dissimilation).Other forms: (κλάνιον), also κλάλιον (after ψέλιον? rejected by Fur. 131 n. 60)Derivatives: Cf. χλανίαι περιβολαί (Fur. 131 objects that this word belongs rather to χλανίς) and χλανίτιδες οἱ ὅρμοι παρθένων H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Connection with κλάω seems improbable; cf. κλαστός `frizzly head', ἐγκλαστρίδια `ear-ring' (do these belong here?). (The forms with χ- have been explained (away) as from association with χλανίς `upper garment', but see Fur. 131.) Rather it shows the Pre-Greek variation between surd and aspirate. Fur. 388 further compares πλανίς τὸ τῆς νύμφης χρυσοῦν διάδημα H.Page in Frisk: 1,866
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.