- κρώπιον
- κρώπιονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `sickle, scythe' (Pherekyd. 154 J.); H. also κρώβιον (cod. also κρόπ- and κρόβ-).Other forms: better -ίονOrigin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation as λυχνίον, χαλκίον, ἀκόντιον and other instrument-names in -ιον (Chantraine Formation 58), so from a noun (*κρώψ v. t.). No direct agreement, but certainly somehow cognate with Skt. kr̥pāṇa- `sword', MIr. corrán `sickle' (IE *korp-) which differ in ablaut and formation. Related verbs are a. o. Lith. kerpù, kir̃pti `cut, shave', Lat. carpō `pluck off'. - Further Pok. 944f., Fraenkel Wb. s. kir̃pti 1., W.-Hofmann s. carpō. Cf. 1. καρπός, also σκορπίος and σκέπαρνος. - Seen the variation the word must be Pre-Greek; Fur. 148 reminds of Hurrit. hurubbi `sword'.Page in Frisk: 2,31
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.