- κολόκυμα
- κολόκυμαGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `large heavy wall,' before it breaks, of the threats of Cleon, only Ar. Eq. 692,Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: already in antiquity explained in different ways: κόλον κῦμα (sch. ad loc.), τυφλὸν or μακρὸν κῦμα (H.), κωφὸν κῦμα καὶ μη ἐπικαχλάζον (Suid.). S. Taillardat, Images $ 343. A determinative compound with attributive first member would however surprise. The word is rather a painful momentay creation referring to κόλον `bowels'; speaking is the ἀλλαντοπώλης.Page in Frisk: 1,901-902
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.