κραπαταλ(λ)ός

κραπαταλ(λ)ός

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `name of a worthless fish (Hdn., H.); also metaph. = μωρός (H.; Strömberg Fischnamen 95 n. 2) and as name of a coin (= δραχμή) in Hades (Pherecr. apud Poll. 9, 83).

Other forms: -αλλός Hdn. 1, 158.

Derivatives: κραπαταλίας ἀνεμώδης καὶ ἀσθενής. καὶ ἀνίσχυρα λέγων, ἄμεινον δε ληρώδης H. (Pherecr. 99).

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

Etymology: Formation in -αλ(λ)ός (Chantraine Formation 245ff., Schwyzer 483 f.) without etym. Chantr. does not dicuss the word in -αλ(λ)-ος, where the λ can appear double. Clearly a Pre-Greek word, in -al^y-: Beekes, FS Kortlandt.

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