- κολάπτω
- κολάπτωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `peck (of birds), strike, carve, engrave' (IA., Aeol.).Other forms: Aor. κολάψαι,Compounds: also with prefix, esp. ἐν-, ἐκ-.Derivatives: ἐγ-, ἐκ-κόλαψις `cut in, out' (inscr., Arist.), ἐγ-κόλαμμα `inscription' (LXX, Priene), (ἐγ-)κολαπτός `carved out' (inscr., LXX); κολαπτήρ m. `chisel' with δια-κολαπτηρίζω `engrave with a chisel' (Lebadeia); also as compound of δόρυ and κολάπτειν with -της-, δρυ(ο)-κολάπτ-[τ]ης `woodpecker' (Ar., Arist.; further s. δρῦς), thus κρᾱνο-κολάπτης name of a venomenous spider (Philum.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: On κόλαφος s. v. Ending as in σκάπτω, δαρδάπτω, κόπτω (with labial of the root) and perhaps built after these as replacement of a disyllabic root-verb, which is preserved in Lith. kalù, kálti `forge, hammer', OCS koljǫ, klati `σφάττειν', Russ. колоть `sting, split, chop', IE. *kolh₂-. Several words have been connected with this root in Greek, s. κόλος, κελεός, κλάω, but see s. vv. Cf. Pok. 545f. *kelH-. - The other languages have no labial enlargement. Best is to assume that it is derived from κόλαφος, which seems quite possible.Page in Frisk: 1,896-897
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.