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σκόλλυς

skollus

fringe of hair, a haircut in Which a tuft of hair was left on the head

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What it meant

1. σκόλλυς · skollys — Beekes

σκόλλυς, -vos [m.] ‘fringe of hair, a haircut in Which a tuft of hair was left on the head’ (Pamphil. apud Ath. 1, 494f., Dsc., H., Poll. etc.). *ETYM Perhaps connected with » σκολύπτειν, although a Pre-Greek origin seems more likely. — [Beekes, s.v. σκόλλυς, p. 1407]

2. σκόλλυς · skollys — Chantraine

σκόλλυς, τῦος : m. «toupet » que l’on laisse au sommet du crâne, par exemple lorsque l’on offre ses cheveux aux dieux (Ath. 494 f, Dsc., Poll., Hsch.; p.-ê. Alcm. 44 = 120 P {conj. très douteuse de Bergk]) ; ἃ fourni l’anthroponyme Σχόλλος, cf. L. Robert, Noms indigènes 267 avec la bibliographie. Composé σχολλυ-φόρος (Hsch. s.u. xowvoφόρος). — [Chantraine, s.v. σκόλλυς, p. 1040]

3. σκόλλυς · skollys — Frisk

σκόλλυς, -vos m. Bez. eines Haarschnitts, wobei man auf dem Scheitel einen Schopf stehen ließ (Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11, 494f., Dsk., H., Poll. u. a.). — Wohl Kurzform mit hypokoristischer Gemination; 5. σκολύπτειν. Nach Specht Glotta 31, 128 (s. auch Gaya Nufo Emer. 19, 232ff.) hierher noch oz6Aoxeor' τὸ περικεχομμένον τὰς κόμας κτλ., aus *oxdi- dissimiliert; dazu noch lat. calwus(?). Vgl. σκόλυμος. — [Frisk, s.v. σκόλλυς, p. 1707]

4. σκόλλυς · skollys — LSJ

fringe of hair

fringe of hair, Dsc. Eup. 2.97, Poll. 2.30, Lex.Rhet. ap. Eust. 1528.20, Hsch., cj. in Alcm. 44; σκόλλυν ἀποκείρειν Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11.494f.

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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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