- Κύκλωψ
- Κύκλωψ, -ωποςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `the Cyclops' (= Πολύφημος, Od.), pl. `the Cyclopes', mythical one-eyed people of giants (Od.).Derivatives: Κυκλώπ(ε)ιος "cyclopean" = `built by the Cyclopes etc.' (Pi., Trag.), f. -πίς (E.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Since Hes. Th. 144 explained as "the Round-eyed" (vgl. Sommer Nominalkomp. 1 n. 2 and Schwyzer 426 n. 4), in reality not quite satisfactory. Daring hypothesis of Thieme KZ 69, 177 f.: from *Πκύ-κλωψ, prop. "cattle-thieve", with zero grade of *πεκυ-'cattle' (known fron Indo-Iranian); the stress from the vocative. - Lat. LW [loanword] Cocles "the one-eyed" (through Etruscan); s. W.-Hofmann s.v., and Leumann Glotta 29, 171f. R. Schmidt, Dicht. u. Dichtersprache 168 from *κυκλ-κλωπ- `thief of the sun (= wheel)'; rejected by Risch, Glotta 41 (1969) 323. Prob. a Pre-greek name.Page in Frisk: 2,45
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.