- σπολάς
- σπολάς, -άδοςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `leather harness, jerkin' (S. Fr. 11, Ar., X.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Formation in -άς from a verbal noun *σπόλος, *σπολή. If prop. `(torn off) skin', with (ἀ)σπάλαξ (s. v.; ?) from a verb for `split, tear off' (IE *sp(h)el-), to which belong also σπόλια τὰ παρατιλλόμενα ἐρίδια ἀπὸ τῶν σκελῶν τῶν προβάτων (formally = Lat. spolia), ἄσπαλον σκῦτος H., prob. also Thess. (IG 9 : 2 p. XI [IIa]) σπόλος `pole' (= `split wood') [this seems quite doubtful to me]. However σπολεύς `kind of bread' (Philet. ap. Ath. 3, 114e) may be wrong for σποδεύς (s. on σποδός). -- From other languages: Lat. spolium `torn off animal skin, equipment taken from the enemy, taken off equipment', Lith. spãlis `beard, einzelne (Flachs)schäbe (= parts of the stalk of flax)', pl. spãliai `parts of the stalk (Schäben)', Germ., e.g. NHG spalten etc.; s. WP. 2, 677ff., Pok. 985ff., W.-Hofmann s. spolium, Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 193 f.; everwhere w. lit.; on the adduced Indian words also Mayrhofer s. phálati. Cf. on στέλλω; also ψαλίς. - Clearly the same word as ἄσπαλον, so a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,771
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