- κύλα
- κύλαGrammatical information: n. pl.Meaning: `the parts under the eyes' (Hp., Sor.), cf. H. κύλα τὰ ὑποκάτω τῶν βλεφάρων κοιλώματα. τὰ ὑπὸ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς μῆλα. τὰ ὑπώπια.Other forms: V.l. κοιλ-. Also κύλλια ὑπώπια μέλανα Η., κύλλαβοι ὑπώπια H.Compounds: As 1. member in κυλ-οιδ-ιάω `have a swelling under the eyes' (Ar., Theoc.), compound of κύλα and οἰδέω (οἶδος) after the verbs of diseas in -ιάω; κυλοιάζειν τὸ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὑς ἐπικλίνειν χλευάζοντα (Theognost. Can. 21).Derivatives: Diminut. κυλίδες, -άδες (Poll., Eust.); with, prob. as hypostasis, ἐπι-κυλ-ίδες `the upper eyelids' (Poll.). PN Κύλων (Argos), Κύλασος (Larisa), ?Κύλαhος (Argos), s. Solmsen Wortforsch. 88f.; on Κυλωΐδας, -ϊάδας (Delph.) Bechtel Namenstud. 31 ff.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Not to κύαρ, s. v., which would give long υ. On the prob. wrong connection with Lat. super-cilium `eyebrow' s. W.-Hofmann s. cilium. The variants with κυλλ- rather show that it is a Pre-Greek word (kuly-).Page in Frisk: 2,46
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.