- κόλαξ
- κόλαξ, -ᾰκοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `flatterer, fawner' (Att. hell.).Compounds: Often as 2. member in the comedy, e. g. κνισο-κόλαξ, s. Risch IF 59, 277.Derivatives: κολακεία (Democr., Pl.), κολακίς f. (Clearch., Plu.), κολακικός `flattering' (Pl.) and κολακεύω `flatter' (Att. hell.); κολάκευμα (X.) `flattering', κολακευτικός `id.' (Pl.), κολακευτής = κόλαξ (Gloss.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Attic everyday language without etymology. Persson connects κηλέω, which is improb. because of the o-vowel; cf. Pok. 551, W.-Hofmann s. calumnia. Not better Pisani Ist. Lomb. 77, 553: to κέλλω, δύσκολος or Machek Slavia 16, 211 and Listy filol. 72, 69f.: to Slav. *cholcholiti in Czech. chlácholiti `soothe, acquiesce, flatter'. - Earlier attempts in Bq. - As the suffix -ακ- is Pre-Greek, so is the word prob.Page in Frisk: 1,896
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.