- σχενδύλη
- σχενδύλη (long υ)Grammatical information: f.Meaning: des. of an instrument of the χαλκεῖς, prob. `pair of tongs' (Eleusis IVa, H.).Other forms: \<σ\>κένδῡλᾰ (AP; preceded by -οῖς; on the second. -ᾰ Solmsen Wortforsch. 260 a. 262)Derivatives: σκενδύλια n. pl. `(small) pincers, nippers' (Hero), also κενδυλα trad. AP. 11. 203). In H. also σχενδυλό-ληπτοι `caught between tongs' and the ptc. pf. ἐσχενδυλῆσθαι, from *σχενδυλάω `to pinch with tongs'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)Etymology: Unexplained (formation like κανθ-, κορδ-ύλη). If the aspirate is original, perh. with Niedermann IF 15, 108 f. to χανδάνω, χείσομαι (from χενδ-) `seize' with σχ- from σχεῖν (Chantraine Form. 251). -- The variation shows that it is a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,838
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.