- κώδων
- κώδων, -ωνοςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `clock, bell, sound of the trumpets, these themselves' (IA.);Compounds: Compp. e.g. κωδωνο-φορέω `carry around the bells (on inspection of the posts) etc.' (Ar.).Derivatives: κωδώνιον (J.), κωδωνίζω `test a coin through the sound' (Ar.). Cf. the PN Κώδαλος (Hippon.); cf. Nehring Sprache 1, 166.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Formation like ἄμβων, κώθων (Chantraine Formation 162); prob. to κώδεια, -υια like αἴθων : αἴθυια etc., s. Kalén Quaest. gramm. graecae 26. But, as Kretschmer Glotta 10, 232 remarks, there is no verb. Pre-Greek; s. on κώδεια.Page in Frisk: 2,59
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.