- κλῶμαξ
- κλῶμαξ, -ᾰκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `heap of stones, rock' (Lyc. 653) with (Ίθώμη) κλωμακόεσσα `stony, rocky' (Β 729).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation as λίθαξ, βῶλαξ etc. (Chantraine Formation 379). From a verbal noun *κλῶμος, prop. *`breach', from κλάω `brake' (s. v.)?; cf. περικεκλασμένος `lying on uneven, rocky grund', of τόποι, πόλεις, οἰκίαι (Plb.). Of the full grade in κλῆ-μα (κλᾶ-μα), κλῆ-ρος (κλᾶ-ρος)? - Beside it κρῶμαξ `id.', κρωμακόεις κρημνώδης H., κρωμακωτός (Eust. 330, 40; Paphlagonian) with ρ from κρημνός (which does no belong to κρεμάννυμι)? - After Belardi Doxa 3, 210 as Pre-Greek to Lat. grūmus `heap of earth., hill'. A connection with κλάω (and further κλῆμα, κλᾶρος) is improbable. The form with ρ could show Pre-Greek variationPage in Frisk: 1,879
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.