- ἀστράβη
- ἀστράβηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `comfortable saddle for an ass or a mule' (Lys.); s. RE 4, 1792.Other forms: ἀστράπην (Anon. in Rh. 8, 668), s. below. Note astrama = σανίς, ὑποπόδιον. Lat. Gloss. II 22,15Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Unknown, technical loanword. Chantr. Form. 262, 8. Connection with ἀστραβής is improbable. Neumann, Incontri Linguisti 1, 1974, 103-8, connects Hitt. asatar `seat' (from as- `sit'); but -ba- is rare in Hittite. Fur. 143 mentions ἀστράπην (-απήν trad.), Sturtevant, Cl. Ph. 6, 208; variation αβ\/απ is well known in substr. words (Fur. 107); rejected without reason by Neumann (who points to words in -βα\/ος, which are prob. loanwords); so perhaps rather a substr. word.Page in Frisk: 1,172
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.