- κρωβύλος
- κρωβύλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `roll or knot of hair on the crown of the head' (Th., X., Antiph.; on the meaning Hauser Jahresh. d. Österr. Arch. Inst. 11 Beibl. 87ff.).Other forms: Acc. after Hdn. Gr. 1, 163Derivatives: κρωβυλώδης 'κ.-like' (Luc. Lex. 13); κρωβύλη f. `hairnet' (Hdn. Gr. 1, 323, Serv. ad Aen. 4, 138).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unexplained. IE. etymologies in Bq (rejected). Semit. explanation in Lewy Fremdw. 89 (cf. Knauer Glotta 33, 116 n. 1). Rabin, Orientalia 32 (1963) 123f points to Late Bab. karballatu and Hitt. kariulli. Fur. 205 points to -ύλη as a usual Pre-Greek suffix. Cf. Gomme on Th. 1,101 and Rumf in Symbola Io. Kroll oblata 1949, 85-99.Page in Frisk: 2,30
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.