1. σκαλλίον · skallion — Beekes
The corpus record
σκαλλίον
skallion
brain-pan, skull
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What it meant
σκαλλίον [n.] a small cup (Philet. apud Ath. H.). «Ὁ» *ETYM According to Bechtel 1921, 1: 125 possibly connected with ON skalli [m.] ‘brain-pan, skull’. Quite uncertain, however. — [Beekes, s.v. σκαλλίον, p. 1391]
2. σκαλλίον · skallion — Chantraine
σκαλλίον : n., nom d'une petite coupe (Philet. ap. Ath. 498 a, Hsch.). Et.: Nom de récipient. Le rapprochement avec v. norr. skalle τὰ. « crâne » (Bechtel, Gr. Dial. 1,125) reste fort incertain. Voir aussi κάλυξ. — [Chantraine, s.v. σκαλλίον, p. 1029]
3. σκαλλίον · skallion — Frisk
σκαλλίον π. N. eines kleinen Bechers (Philet. ap. Ath., H.). — Vermutung von Bechtel Dial. 1, 125: zu anord. skalle m. “Hirnschale, Schädel’. — [Frisk, s.v. σκαλλίον, p. 1687]
4. σκαλλίον · skallion — LSJ
small cup, bowl
small cup, bowl, Philet. ap. Ath. 11.498a, Hsch.
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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