- ὀλοοίτροχος
- ὀλοοίτροχοςGrammatical information: m. (accent uncertain cf. Wackernagel Gött. Nachr. 1914, 129 = Kl. Schr. 2, 1186).Meaning: `round piece of rock, boulder, large stone' (Ν 137, Democr. 162, Orac. ap. Hdt. 5, 92 β).Other forms: ὀλοίτροχος (Hdt. 8, 52, Theoc. 22, 49), ὁλοίτροχος (X. An. 4, 2, 3)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1140] *u̯el- `turn, wind'Etymology: Prob. prop. `circle-runner', technical term for a round stone, which is taken down from above or by a vehement stream taken forth. The 1. element belongs to εἰλέω `roll, turn' and looks as a locative (Pott); after Bechtel Lex. s. v. (with extensive treatment) from a noun *ϜολοϜο- `whirl, rotation' with closer connection with εἰλεός (s. v.); rejected by Shipp Studies 49 f. (rather with the Ancients to ὀλοός `pernicious'; οι metr. condit.).Page in Frisk: 2,380
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.