- κλῆμα
- κλῆμαGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `twig (of the vine), sprout, tendril (of the vine)' (IA.); also plant-name, `Polygonum aviculare' (Dsc.; Strömberg Theophrastea 184); κλαμα n. (rather κλᾶμα than κλάμα) `fragment, κλάσμα' (Aigina Va).Other forms: Aeol. κλᾶμμα (Alc.; wit double μ, s. Hamm Gramm. zu Sappho und Alkaios par. 73c)Derivatives: κληματίς, -ίδος f. `twig of the vine, faggot' (IA.), also name of several plants like Clematis vitalba (Dsc.); κληματῖτις f. plant-name (Dsc.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 73); κλημάτινος `consisting of (vine-)twigs' (Thgn.), κληματόεις `id.' (Nic.), κληματώδης `full of twigs, like vine-branches' (Dsc., Gal.), κληματικός `belonging to a vine-branch' (Gloss.). Denomin. verbs: κληματόομαι `sprouting' (S., Thphr.), κληματίζω `clip vines' (LXX).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Connected with κλάω (s. v.?), but with diff. ablaut and agreeing with Lat. clā-d-ēs `damage', but this meaning does not fit a `sprout'. For κλάω we did not find evidence for a long α. I concluded that the verb is rather of Pre-Greek origin.The form κλάσμα may rather belong to κλάω. Cf. on κλῆρος. Wrong Prellwitz KZ 47, 302.Page in Frisk: 1,872
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