- πέπλος
- πέπλοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `woven cloth, blanket' (Hom., trag.), usu. `feminine, also masculine garment, garb for women' (Il.).Compounds: Some compp., e.g. εὔ-πεπλος (ἐΰ- ep.) `having a beautiful garment' (Il.),Derivatives: poet. enlargement πέπλωμα n. (trag.; Chantraine Form. 186 f.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [802] *pel- `fold'Etymology: Reduplicated formation πέ-πλ-ος (cf. κύκλος), prob. with ἁ-πλ-ός (s. v. ἁπλόος) identical in stem; so either from a noun `fold' or a verb `fold' (Fick KZ 44, 148f., Prellwitz s. v., Bechtel Lex. 265, Schwyzer 423). -- After Persson Beitr. 1, 225ff. and Bq however to Lat. pellis, Slav., e.g. Russ. pelená `napkin, cover', also πέλμα (s. v.) etc. etc.Page in Frisk: 2,508
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.