δῆλος
Word
Validation
Yes
Word-form
κανδῆλα
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
kandēlē
English translation (word)
candle
Transliteration (Etymon)
dēlos
English translation (etymon)
clear
Century
5 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologicum, excerpta e cod. regio 2610, p. 178
Ed.
F. Sturz, Orionis Thebani etymologicon, Leipzig, Weigel, 1820
Quotation
Κανδῆλα· διὰ τὸ δῆλον ποιεῖν καὶ φαίνειν
Translation (En)
Kandēla "candle": because it makes things clear (dēlon) and visible
Parallels
Etym. Parvum, kappa 19 (Κανδῆλα· παρὰ τὸ τὰ δῆλα φαίνειν)
Bibliography
On the loanword and its first occurrences in Greek, see E. Dickey, Latin Loanwords in Ancient Greek. A Lexicon and Analysis, Cambridge UP, 2023, p. 174.
Modern etymology
Loanword from Latin candēla, itself derived from candeo "to shine"
Persistence in Modern Greek
Modern Greek has καντήλα (fem.) < hellenistic κανδήλα designating a big oil lamp hanging from a chain but also a special wound on the skin. There also is καντήλι (n.) "candelabra", designating the small oil lamp infront of hagiographies.
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Probably a shortened version of the compositional etymology attested in later sources (see κανδήλη / καίω + δῆλος)