κόνδῠλος

κόνδῠλος

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `knuckle, bony knob, clenched fist, swelling of the gum etc.' (IA.).

Compounds: As 2. member e. g. in μονο-, δι-κόνδυλος (Arist.)

Derivatives: κονδυλώδης `κ.-like, knuckly', κονδύλωμα, -σις `hard swelling, tumour' (Hp.), κονδυλωτός `with κ. ' (Att. inscr. IV<sup>a</sup>), hardly through κονδυλόομαι `get κ., swell' (Aspasia ap. Aët., H.). - κονδυλίζω `hit the face with the fist, muffet, maltreat' (Hyp., LXX) with κονδυλισμός (LXX).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Other body-parts in -υλος are δάκτυλος, σφόνδυλος (cf. Güntert Reimwortbildungen 116ff.); the stem is seen in κόνδοι ἀστράγαλοι H. Connections outside Greek are quite uncertain or to be rejected: Skt. kanda- m. `root of a knol', kandúka- m. `playball', kanduka- n. `cushion' (cf. Mayrhofer s. vv., who considers Dravidian origin); Lith. kánduolas `kernel' (to kándu, ką́sti `bite'; s. Fraenkel Lit. et. Wb. s. v.). Older lit. in Bq. - The word will be Pre-Greek because of its structure, κονδ-υλ-. It may continue *κανδυλος with ο \< α before υ.

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