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Word-form

κληδών

Transliteration (Word)

klēdōn

English translation (word)

omen

Transliteration (Etymon)

kaleō

English translation (etymon)

to call

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

fr. *116

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

[Etymologicum Genuinum AB]

Ref.

fr. *116

Ed.

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Quotation

Kληδών· ... ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ καλῶ κλῶ κληδών, ἐξ οὗ καὶ κλῆσις.

Translation (En)

Klēdōn "omen": ...or from kal "to call" *kl klēdōn, from which comes klēsis "calling" as well.

Other translation(s)

Klēdōn « présage » : ...ou bien à partir de kalō « appeler » *klō klēdōn, duquel vient aussi klēsis « appel ».

Comment

Correct derivational etymology. See also κλήδην / καλέω

Parallels

Herodian, Περὶ παθῶν, Gr. Gr. 3.2, p. 332 (τὸ δὲ κληδών οὐκ ἔχει τὸ ι, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ κληΐζω, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ κλῶ τοῦ σημαίνοντος τὸ καλῶ γέγονε κλήσω καὶ κληδών); Herodian, Περὶ ὀρθογραφίας, Gr. Gr. 3.2, p. 535 (κλῄζω σὺν τῷ ι γράφεται. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ κλέος κλεΐζω καὶ κληΐζω καὶ κλῄζω. —τὸ δὲ κληδών οὐκ ἔχει τὸ ι, ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ κληΐζω, ἀλλ’ ἀπὸ τοῦ κλῶ τοῦ σημαίνοντος τὸ καλῶ γέγονε κλήσω καὶ κληδών); Etym. Gudianum, kappa, p. 326 (Κληδὼν, θεῖα φήμη, [...] ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ καλῶ κλῶ, κληδὼν ἐξ οὗ καὶ κλῆσις.); Michael Glycas, Annales siue βίβλος χρονική, p. 364 (εἰ καί τινες ἕτεροι κληδόνα λέγουσι τὴν διά τινων ἐπῳδῶν ὁλκὴν τῶν δαιμόνων καὶ καταφοράν· ἐφ’ ᾧ καὶ κληδὼν ἐτυμολογεῖται παρ’ αὐτοῖς παρὰ τὸ κλῶ τὸ καλῶ); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 519 (Κλήδην καλοῦντας: Κηρύσσοντας. Ἀπὸ τοῦ καλῶ κλῶ κλήσω κλήδην· ἐξ οὗ καὶ κληδὼν καὶ κλῆσις); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, kappa, p. 1218 (Κληδόνος. μαντείας ἢ φήμης. [...] .— ἀπὸ τοῦ καλῶ, κλῶ, κληδὼν, ἐξ οὗ καὶ κλῆσις ἡ κάλεσις); Schol. Od. α 283e2 Pontani (κληδόνα, φήμην. ἀπὸ τοῦ κλῶ τὸ καλῶ)

Modern etymology

Derived from the root of καλέω, on the zero grade *kWh1-. The PIE root means "to call" and is also found in Lat. clāmō "to shout", clārus "famous", calāre "to announce" (Beekes, EDG)

Persistence in Modern Greek

In MG, κλήδονας comes from κληδών.

Entry By

Eva Ferrer