- κλώθω
- κλώθω, -ομαιGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `spin'.Other forms: Aor. κλῶσαι, -ώσασθαι (Ω 525 and Od.), pass. κλωσθῆναι (Pl.), κέκλωσμαι (Com., LXX). κλώσκω H.; cf. Schwyzer 708)Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἐπι-,Derivatives: κλῶθες pl. f. `spinsters' (η 197; cf. Leumann Hom.Wörter 72; diff. Bechtel Lex. s. v.), Κλωθώ f. "the spinster", one of the Moirai (Hes.); κλωστήρ, -ῆρος m. `yarn, clew, spindle' (Att., Theoc., A. R.; cf. Gow ClassRev. 57, 109), κλωστήριον `band, yarn' (Ostr. 1525 [?], Suid.); κλωστάς m. `spinner' (Sparta); κλῶσμα `thread, clew' (LXX, Nic. a. o.), κλῶσις `id.' (Lyc.), `spinning' (Corn., M. Ant.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: The supposed connection with κάλαθος `basket' cannot be supported in any way. One also considered connection with Lat. colus `distaff'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. (and also s. cōlum `Seilkorb'); Pok. 611f. It is prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,879
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