- σιγαλφοί
- σιγαλφοίGrammatical information: m.Meaning: οἱ ἄφωνοι καὶ οἱ ἄγριοι τέττιγες H.Other forms: Cf. σίγιον εἶδος τέττιγος sch. Ar. Av. 1095.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Prob. with the ancients (Plin. HN 11, 92) to σιγή, because some types are mute (Thierfelder by letter.). Acc. to Strömberg Wortstud. 18 however to σίζω `hiss'; agreeing Gil Fernández Nombres de insectos 126. -- The reading σιγαλφοί of the ms. is in spite of Specht Ursprung 266 more than uncertain; Schmidts change to -αλοί is made more prob. by the explanation οἱ ἄφωνοι [unundertsandable to me]. -- Furnée 369 (etc.) compares ἀδιγορ and ζειγάρη, without any further adstruction (he does not mention the form in -αλφοι; he writes σιγαλ(λ)οί without comment (the words in -αλλο- are Pre-Greek, Beekes FS Kortlandt).Page in Frisk: 2,702
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.