- πρυλέες
- πρυλέες, -έωνGrammatical information: m. pl.Meaning: `heavily armed foot-soldiers' (Il., Hes. Sc. 193, Gortyn.), metaph. of birds (Opp.); προυλέσι πεζοῖς ὁπλίταις H.Derivatives: Beside it πρύλις f. `(Cretan) weapon-dance' (Call.; after Arist. fr. 519 Cypr. or Cret.); πρυλεύσεις ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκφορᾶς τῶν τελευτησάντων παρὰ τῳ̃ ἱερεῖ H. -- How πρυλέες (sg. -λής [Hdn.] or -λύς [Schwyzer 572]) and πρύλις are formally and semantically related, is unclear. After Leumann Hom. Wörter 286 f. Cret. πρύλις would have arisen through false interpretation of ep. πρυλέες; against this Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 96 f. (w. lit.). From πρύλις in any case *πρυλεύω `to perform a π.', with πρυλεύσεις f. pl. H.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: How πρυλέες (sg. -λής [Hdn.] or -λύς [Schwyzer 572]) and πρύλις are formally and semantically related, is unclear. After Leumann Hom. Wörter 286 f. Cret. πρύλις would have arisen through false interpretation of ep. πρυλέες; against this Ruijgh L'élém. ach. 96 f. (w. lit.). From πρύλις in any case *πρυλεύω `to perform a π.', with πρυλεύσεις f. pl. H. -- Etymolog. unclear. Superseded hypothesis in Bq. If prop. `champions (Vorkämpfer)' (cf. Trümpy Fachausdrücke 178 f.), perhaps cognate with πρύτανις (Misteli KZ 17, 174; cf. Bechtel Lex. s. διαπρύσιος)?; improbable. -- The word may well be Pre-Greek. Note the form προυλέσι.Page in Frisk: 2,605
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.