- μαλλός
- μαλλόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `flock of wool' (Hes. Op. 234, Miletos VIa, A., S., Herod.);Compounds: compp., e.g. πηγεσί-μαλλος `with tight woolflocks' (Γ 197).Derivatives: μαλλωτός `provided with wool-flocks, lined w.' (Pl. Com., Str.) with μαλλωτάριον `sheepskin' (pap. V--VIp); μάλλωσις `lining with wool' (sch.; on the nomin. abl. Chantraine Form. 279, Holt Les noms d'action en -σις 152). Further μάλλυκες τρίχες H. (after ἄμπυκες, κάλυκες v. t.); with simplification of the double λ: μάλιον `long hair, pigtail' (AP 11, 157, Herm. Trism.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. By Fick KZ 20, 176 connected with Lith. mìlas `coarse, selfwoven woolen cloth'; doubting or rejecting Bq, WP. 2, 294, Pok. 721; s. also W.-Hofmann s. floccus and mollestrās, with untenable hypotheses. The word can hardly be IE (*mh₂l-?).Page in Frisk: 2,168
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.