κοά̄λεμος

κοά̄λεμος
κοά̄λεμος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: `blockhead' (Ar., Plu.), also (parodizing) name of a demon of stupidity (Ar. Eq. 221).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Ending as in ἰάλεμος (s. v.), further unclear foreign word; on the phonetics Schwyzer 302 and Björck Alpha impurum 46 and 258, who thinks of an onomatopoetic κο-. Clearly a Pre-Greek word, with the phoneme kʷ-? Cf. καυαλός μωρολόγος H., and κόαλοι βάρβαροι H. S. also on κόβαλος.
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Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). . 2010.

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