- κρήδεμνον
- κρήδεμνονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `woman's headdress, veil', metaph. `battlements, cover, lid (of a jar)' (Il.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 296 w. n. 60, Haakh Gymnasium 66, 374ff.).Dialectal forms: Dor. κρά̄-, n., often plur.Origin: IE [Indo-European] [574] *ḱerh₂- `head, horn'Etymology: Compound from κάρᾱ `head' and δέω `bind', but in detail unclear. The 1. member can (with Ehrlich Sprachgesch. 6 ff.; against it Kretschmer Glotta 4, 336) stand through dissimilation for κρηνο-, i.e. thematic enlargement of the zero grade of κάρᾱ (s. κρᾱνίον), but also have arisen from κρησ- with loss of the σ before δ (rejected by DELG); the formation of κράσπεδον (s. v.) might support the latter. An original σ-less κρη- cannot be deduced from it (cf. on κάρᾱ). The 2. member -δεμνον, -α contains a derivation of δέω `bind'; cf. βέλεμνα s. βάλλω and δέμνια. Slightly diff. Bechtel Lex. s. v.Page in Frisk: 2,15
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.