- κοσύμβη
- κοσύμβηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `name of a cloak, which after D. Chr. 72, 1 was used by herders and countrymen, by EM 311, 5 a. H. a. o. explained with ἐγκόμβωμα (s. κόμβος), by EM 349, 15 called an ἀναβολή; the meaning `κρωβύλος' in Poll. 2, 30 (reading varying) must be a blending with κόρυμβος (s. v.).Other forms: also κότθυβος (with dialectal τθ = σσ) a piece of military equipment; cf. also κοσσυβάτας which confirms the nasalless form (Fur. 283). Further Lat. gossypion, -inum (Plin. N.H. 19, 14, resp. 1, 12, 21 +; from *γοσσυπιον); = περίζωμα? (Rev. Arch. 1935 : 2, 31). Also κόσυμβος m., after H. (-σσ-) = κοσ(σ)ύμβη; also `hairnet' (LXX Is. 3, 18); from it κοσυμβωτός (Ex. 28, 35, χιτών; v. l. κόσυμβος), after H. = κροσσωτός, i.e. `with fringes'.Derivatives: from it κοσυμβωτός (Ex. 28, 35, χιτών; v. l. κόσυμβος), after H. = κροσσωτός, i.e. `with fringes'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin], LW [loanword] Sem.Etymology: Technical foreign word; on the ending -βος Chantraine Formation 262. Lewy, KZ 58, 26ff compares Assyr. guzippu, kuzippu `a cloak', Arab. korsuf `cotton'. Well adapted to the structure of Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,930-931
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.