- κολεόν
- κολεόνGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `sheath of a sword' (Il.; s. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 62).Other forms: -ός m., with lengthening κουλ-.Compounds: Also in compp., e. g. κολεό-πτερος `sheath-winged (of beetles)' (Arist.), σιδηρο-κόλεος `with iron sheath' (pap. IIIa).Derivatives: Denomin. κολεάζοντες ὠθοῦντες εἰς κολεόν, περαίνοντες H. (sens. obsc., thus Ath. Mitt. 59, 66; Syrus Va) with κολεασμός τὸ περαίνεσθαι H. Agreeing with εἰλεός a. o. in ending, κολεόν, -ός may stand for *κολεϜ-όν and be in connection with καλύ-πτω, κέλυ-φος (s. vv.; Bechtel Lex. s. v.). Whether also κόλυθροι pl. `testicle' (Arist.) with Bq belongs here, remains uncertain (κόλυθρον, -τρον also `with ripe figs' [Ath. 3, 76f.]; cf. also σκόλυθρον). -Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Agreeing with εἰλεός a. o. in ending, κολεόν, -ός may stand for *κολεϜ-όν and be in connection with καλύ-πτω, κέλυ-φος (s. vv.; Bechtel Lex. s. v.). Whether also κόλυθροι pl. `testicle' (Arist.) with Bq belongs here, remains uncertain (κόλυθρον, -τρον also `with ripe figs' [Ath. 3, 76f.]; cf. also σκόλυθρον). - After Meillet BSL 30, 115 A. 1 κολεόν comes, like Lat. culleus `leather sack' from a Mediterranaean language (with cōleus, culiō `scrotum' as Etruscan forms); cf. W.-Hofmann s. v. So prob. Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,897-898
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.