- κυλίνδω
- κυλίνδωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `roll, turn over' (Il.),Other forms: -ομαι, -έω, -έομαι (Att.), fut. κυλί̄σω (Att.), κυλινδήσω (late), aor. κυλῖσαι (Pi., IA.), pass. -ισθῆναι (Il.; -ινδηθῆναι Str.), perf. midd. κεκύλισμαι (Luc., Nonn.) ; from κυλῖσαι ( \< -ίνδ-σαι) pres. κυλί̄ω (Ar.) ;Dialectal forms: note κύλινδροςCompounds: often with prefix, e.g. προ-, ἐκ-, ἐν-, ἀμφι-.Derivatives: 1. κύλινδρος m. `rolling stone, tumbler, cylindre etc.' (Demoχr. 155, hell.) with κυλίνδρ-ιον, -ίσκος, -ικός, -όω (hell.). 2. κύλῑσις `rolling, turning over' (Arist.), -ισμός `id.' (Thd.), -ισμα `roll etc.' (Sm. ), -ίστρα `place for horses to roll' (X., Poll.), -ιστός m. `packet' (pap.); τρι-κύλιστος (Epicur. Fr. 125), on the unclear meaning De Witt ClassPhil. 35, 183. 3. κυλίνδησις `rolling' (Pl., Plu.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Has the same unclear νδ-element as the synonymous ἀλίνδω, -έω, καλινδέομαι (s. vv.); also further unclear. Mostly connected with κυλλός `curved, lame' (s. v.) "zu einer allumfassenden Wurzel (s)kel- `bent, curved' (s. κῶλον, σκέλος)". The word is hardly IE.Page in Frisk: 2,46
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.